I noticed Castrol GTX is a light color and the Kendall is dark why is this
Color of Virgin Oil.
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depends on aditive system used ALL base oils now days that are good quality as in GPII etc are clear/amber color at most if not "water white"
bruce
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The PP 5W30 I put in my car yesterday looked like light honey.
Why is virgin 2-cycle oils always dark brown/black in color?
The color of PP 5W-20 reminds me of a fine amber lager.
I use royal purple in my acura. Looks like grape juice.
G-MAN - How do you like that Brad Penn stuff? I saw it for sale at a local store here for $5.69 a quart, I could get it in 5W-30 for my Integra, but I can't find any good information on it. Tried searching but you know how the search system here works
Whats that RL oil up there never heard of it
2 cycle oils are dyed so you can tell if the oil is actually mixed with the gas. If the oil was clear/honey colored you could never tell mix from straight gas and your 2 strokes could suffer as a result.
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G-MAN - How do you like that Brad Penn stuff? I saw it for sale at a local store here for $5.69 a quart, I could get it in 5W-30 for my Integra, but I can't find any good information on it. Tried searching but you know how the search system here works
That price is too high. I'm using the racing oil (Penn Grade 1, only available in 0w30, 10w30, 20w50, 30, 50, and 70). It's more expensive than the regular Brad Penn stuff and I didn't pay that much per quart even factoring in the shipping costs.
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The color of PP 5W-20 reminds me of a fine amber lager.
That's a better analogy for the colour.
Schaeffer's 7000 5w-30 is a light green. Made me smile as it was poured in.
2 cycle has a high amount of detergents or dispersants depending on 2 cycle opil type as in ashless or ash type and most of them are very dark brown/black in color
bruce
2 stroke oil is colored to help you determine if any fuel is mixed or not [in addition to any additives].
I had friend who used to drive semis, and he said that he would deliver tankers filled with creosote to the oil refineries to be used to color the oil. This was about 15-20 years ago.
Anti freeze was green, oil was brown, and ATF was red [back then].
I had friend who used to drive semis, and he said that he would deliver tankers filled with creosote to the oil refineries to be used to color the oil. This was about 15-20 years ago.
Anti freeze was green, oil was brown, and ATF was red [back then].
One thing that amazes me about Havoline full syn is that it has almost no color at all.
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