Machine and motor oils make the world go around. They keep our vehicles and machines lubricated, clean and functioning at optimal levels. We use synthetic oil so often, we often wonder what it consists of and what makes it work so well. Our Diffee Lincoln team compiled the follow brief explanation for your info. Take a look.
Synthetic Oil Basics
Synthetic oil may be a fully synthetic recipe or a recipe blending conventional oil with synthetic basestocks. Most often, manufacturers make fully synthetic oil using organic hydrocarbons extracted from modified petroleum, from other oils (corn, for example) or from other raw materials. The most common synthetic base stocks are:
- Polyol Ester
- Polyalphaolefins (PAOs)
- Diester (Dibasic Acid Ester)
- Polyalkaline Glycols (PAGs)
Properties of Synthetic Oil
Manufacturers build synthetic oils from organic molecules, removing impurities and recreating petroleum molecules that have uniform shape, excellent consistency, superior viscosity and longer shelf life than conventional oil. In fact, advances in engine design and synthetic oil design account for why today's vehicles can perform well on fewer oil changes over years and thousands of miles.
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