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I use a lot of Castrol Synthetic!...

...but then I used to use a lot of Castrol "dino" oil back before synthetics hit the market in any scale. Of course, I've used a lot of Mobil 1--it was the first major-market synthetic out there.

Synthetics aren't "all-that", either. Lubricants are produced to specifications--viscosity and thermal stability being two "biggies". A highly-refined (distilled--you do realize that refineries are nothing more than huge distillation columns) "dino" oil can meet or exceed the specifications of a synthetic.

Remember ARCO Graphite? My cousin nearly destroyed an engine in a Trans Am with that stuff. It used suspended graphite in the oil to (theoretically) improve lubrication--the oil was black, straight out of the can. If you got it too hot, or didn't change it religiously, the suspending agents for the graphite "broke-down", and the graphite particulates separated out--either resulting in clogged filters, layers of sludge in valve covers, or ultimately becoming an abrasive, rather than lubricant.


"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP


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