Not a problem with the last line Joe
This is the way i see oil
oil is like beer, there are 3 types you can buy for your car (but many different types of beer!)
1. Kalibre (mineral oil) it looks the same, goes down the same hole but doesnt quite have the desired affect.
2. Lager shandy (semi synthetic) a nice 50/50 mix that given time will make you fall over, takes longer to get anywhere with thou..
3. Lager (fully synth) hey you cant beat this stuff
This is just me thou (im a synthetic freak
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Oil is really to the preference of whoevers vehicle it is, like i say i like fully synthetic as it has better heat properties for the turbo, my old works van use to run semi synthetic (2ltr di 16v astra van) and its engine was as strong at 70k as it was at 1k (and i use to rag the ass off it
) but as you say Joe, its oil, its there to lubricate and that it will, good or bad it still does that job (just keep changing it as black goo doesnt lubricate your engine
)
Manufacturers will test their engines on all different types of oils, they will run them with virtually no oil in, with too much oil in, with an oil thats too thin, one thats too thick, they will do the lot and the out come will be the same, it still lubricates but may not be to the standard that they wish for their engine, what they end up with is (as my mate says whos an engineer) a compromise. It doesnt mean that the oil they put in is the best, what it does mean is that it has reached a criteria that shows minimal wear in different conditions and still does the one thing it has to do, Lubricate.
Oil is as Joe says, just Oil.
Tony
