another engine oil question....

[shadow]

went to true value ATC yesterday and looked around for synthetic oils...how would you know kung totoong synthetic oil? I mean iba-iba nakasulat eh, meron 100% synthetic, yun iba fully synthetic, yun iba naman synthetic lang nakasulat...

so among those na nabanggit ko ano yun totoong synthetic dyan? kasi I assumed na dapat 100% synthetic ang "real" synthetic...tama ba ako?

[niky]

Actually, even many synthetic oils have mineral oil "stock". You have to really research to find out.

[userfriendly]

Maybe it will help if we list the 100% synthetic oils and the synthetics with mineral base.

From what I know the following are 100% synthetic or Group IV oils:
Motul 300V
Motul 8100 Xcess
Royal Purple

Synthetics with mineral base:
Caltex Havoline Energy

Dont know about these. I suspect they are mineral based but I'm not sure. can someone pls chip in:
Shell Helix Ultra
Petron Ultron Race
Castrol RS
Mobil 1
Caltex Fully Synthetic
Motul H-Tech 100

[mazingerZ]

Castrol Magnatech - synthetic with mineral base
Emerat - mineral
Pitt Penn - mineral

hehehe konti lang maiaambag ko nakalimutan ko na kasi ang iba. . .

[userfriendly]

Castrol Magnatech is actually semi-synthetic oil.

[shadow]

Maybe it will help if we list the 100% synthetic oils and the synthetics with mineral base.

From what I know the following are 100% synthetic or Group IV oils:
Motul 300V
Motul 8100 Xcess
Royal Purple

Synthetics with mineral base:
Caltex Havoline Energy

Dont know about these. I suspect they are mineral based but I'm not sure. can someone pls chip in:
Shell Helix Ultra
Petron Ultron Race
Castrol RS
Mobil 1
Caltex Fully Synthetic
Motul H-Tech 100

kaya pala cheap yun motul h-tech sa mga mall based hardware kasi mineral base...kasi I think mura siya for a 100% synthetic oil diba?

pero it says in the package na 100% synthetic siya ah...?

[mazingerZ]

ooops my mistake, kaya pala mahal P250+ per liter kasi dito . . .

[userfriendly]

kaya pala cheap yun motul h-tech sa mga mall based hardware kasi mineral base...kasi I think mura siya for a 100% synthetic oil diba?

pero it says in the package na 100% synthetic siya ah...?

pls dont get me wrong. I said I dont know if they are 100% synthetic or mineral based synthetic. I only suspect they are mineral based. I may be wrong and thats why I asked for someone to confirm.

[sboogie]

Maybe it will help if we list the 100% synthetic oils and the synthetics with mineral base.

From what I know the following are 100% synthetic or Group IV oils:
Motul 300V
Motul 8100 Xcess
Royal Purple

Synthetics with mineral base:
Caltex Havoline Energy

Dont know about these. I suspect they are mineral based but I'm not sure. can someone pls chip in:
Shell Helix Ultra
Petron Ultron Race
Castrol RS
Mobil 1
Caltex Fully Synthetic
Motul H-Tech 100

basta po fully synthetic ang nakalagay fully synthetic siya talaga
mobil1
castrol rs
shell helix ultra

kapag synthetic based/blend po eto po yung mga semi synthetic
castrol magnatec
mobil s
shell helix plus

kapag mineral oil po ang nakalagay e mineral oil po yun
shell helix super
mobil xhp

[userfriendly]

Hindi lahat ng synthetic oils ay talagang 100% synthetic. Majority are made from hydrocracked oils. Hydrocracked oils are very highly refined oils. These are called group III oils which are different from group IV oils. Group IV are true synthetics or man made.

Basically, Mobil sued Castrol for marketing and selling a group III oil as a full synthetic. The court ruled in favor of Castrol. So in effect the courts defined group III oils as full synthetics.

So now there are:
1. mineral oils or dino based oils
2. semi-synthetic oils which are oils that contain less than 30% synthetic stock
3. full synthetic oils that can be further classified into Group III and Group IV oils.

Nakakalito no.

Eto ang better explanation: http://www.synthetic-oils-wholesale....p?route=whatIs