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Reply to "Oil equivilents"

A lot depends on the application. Despite the protestations of a certain advertizement a few years back, motor oil is pretty much motor oil.

Lubes are a bit of an odd duck in the business world, where things tend to fall into two categories - commodities & specialty products. Some lubes are commodities, like passenger car engine oil and AW hydraulic oil. These are high-volume products that are extensively defined by various industry standards. Some lubes are specialty products, like paper machine oils and polyurea greases.

Generally, automotive lubes are more likely to be commodities and industrials are more likely to be specialty products. (Hydraulic oils are the glaring exception here.)
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