EcoPower

[oiluser1]

I was looking at the Safety kleen Eco Power oil today, would the process this oil goes through be a higher level of refining than virgin crude goes through since it has to clean the contaminates and additives from it? Also wouldn't it be a semi synthetic oil due to the fact that used motor oil consist of not only Dino but Amsoil, mobil 1, redline, and so forth.

I agree the cost is higher than it should be and its tough to grasp using re-refined oil. I'm not a tree hugger but do look for and use recycled products whenever possible.

The additive package concerns me more than the re-refining, I think (could be wrong) an oil is only as strong as the additive package it contains. All the major oil companies spend a lot of time on R&D, not sure how much work Safety Kleen had done in this area.

 

[scurvy]

Originally Posted By: oiluser1
Also wouldn't it be a semi synthetic oil due to the fact that used motor oil consist of not only Dino but Amsoil, mobil 1, redline, and so forth.
To extend this line of reasoning, wouldn't EVERY 'synthetic' oil be a blend since PAO or POE base stocks are synthesized from coal, natural gas, slack wax, turnip shavings or McDo squeezings?

Safety-Kleen's EcoPower oil is re-refined, not just filtered. If you think of waste motor oil as a very high quality crude, you can better understand their process. I can imagine that a very high quality oil could be made this way if it was refined as much as regular crude, or that this oil could be made very inexpensively due to the high quality 'crude' it is made from.

Personally I would use this oil in any vehicle without worry if I had a vehicle for which their oils would be suitable. You already use things made of recycled steel, aluminum, paper, glass & plastic nearly every single day and don't think about it - why not motor oil?

EDIT: EcoPower oil is a synthetic blend anyway.

 

[stubbakatt]

If you're interested, I just did a VOA of EcoPower 5w20.

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/safety-kleen-ecopower-5w20-recycled-oil.128114/

 

[oiluser1]

Thanks, I'm going to order some and see how it does.