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Re: What is synthetic oil?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 11/25/2009 22 Replies

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Scott,

In Europe the legal standard is that the base oil be a synthesized molecule like PolyalphaOlefin (PAO) or an ester like polyol ester or di-ester. That means a group IV or a couple of very sp... Login to read more.

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