Reply to "Castrol Syntec - synthetic or (ordinary) petroleum?"

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Baring any existing hostilities towards brands how would a person care how an oil was marketed or labeled if it could take the 10-15k mile crankcase trip time after time for under 5 bucks per quart like the BMW oil can in many engines ?

As an aside , it's apparent Castrol might be using salicylate chemistry in some of their oils . This type chemistry has exhibited lower wear rates in low phosforus , low visosity oils vs SL levels of phos and using sulphonates . This chemistry also has shown better TBN retention in testing and actually out peformed sulphonate oils with a much higher starting TBN point.

I'm not certain Castrol is now , or ever was asleep at the wheel

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11/23/059:31 AM

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