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Originally Posted by beepbeep
Ah, one more thing. Most of oils you believe are "synthetic" are just cracked mineral oils.
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Yah. Like beepbeep says.
In the US "synthetic" was turned into a marketing term long ago. US Mobil 1 apparently couldn't be called "synthetic" in Europe, where "synthetic" really does mean "synthetic". By law.
Mobil 1 sold in Europe is full synthetic - and not the same as the US-market Mobil 1. Fun, eh?
The infamous oil thread in the tech forum ~20 years ago that ran for many (so many) pages covers this.
Doesn't mean full synthetic oil isn't available in the US, or that US oils labelled "synthetic" aren't good. I ran Rotella in the 930 for many years before switching to Liqui Moly 2332..