HPL Multi-Synthetic Motor Oil

[Japanese]

Hi everyone,
Did anyone notice the term HPL uses for all their oils—multi-synthetic high performance motor oil? What does multi-synthetic mean? Is it a new term or it's been like that for a long time? Does that mean that the HPL oils are not 100% synthetic?
https://www.advlubrication.com/collections/automotive-lubricants?page=2

I haven't seen that term anywhere else. The terms I'm familiar with are full synthetic (hydro crack in Europe), 100% synthetic, semi-synthetic, synthetic blend. Obviously the HPL oils are not the last two.
Thank you.

 

[I<3oil]

What'd they say when you emailed or called them to ask?

 

[ctechbob]

Perhaps that they contain multiple synthetic base stocks?

 

[MolaKule]

Multi-synthetic to me means there are many synthetic components involved in the formulations.

 

[Japanese]

Perhaps that they contain multiple synthetic base stocks?

Multi-synthetic to me means there are many synthetic components involved in the formulations.

That's what I thought too. Then why not use just 100% synthetic, full synthetic or like most of the motor oil companies use—Advanced Full Synthetic as all the base oils are synthetic anyway? Most of the мотор oils have a couple or a few synthetic base oils but don't use that term.

 

[MolaKule]

It is not a new term. I conjecture they wanted to differentiate themselves from the run-of-the-mill statements of others, but why don't we let HPL answer.

@HPL Plant Manager

 

[HPL Plant Manager]

Multi-Synthetic is just our way of saying the oil isn’t built around a single synthetic base stock like PAO. Instead, we blend several different synthetic base fluids, such as PAOs, alkylated naphthalenes (AN), and synthetic esters, because each one brings something different to the table. By combining their strengths, we can get better overall performance than we’d typically see from using a single synthetic base oil.

 

[4wd]

Tri-Syn - who’d of thunk it ?

 

[travis8352]

What'd they say when you emailed or called them to ask?

Maybe he thought it was better to ask here rather than waste their time by calling there to ask a question that perhaps someone here knows the answer to already

 

[Japanese]

Multi-Synthetic is just our way of saying the oil isn’t built around a single synthetic base stock like PAO. Instead, we blend several different synthetic base fluids, such as PAOs, alkylated naphthalenes (AN), and synthetic esters, because each one brings something different to the table. By combining their strengths, we can get better overall performance than we’d typically see from using a single synthetic base oil.

Thanks for the information. That makes sense.
But aren't most synthetic oils a mixture of 2-3 or more synthetic base oils anyway?

 

[MolaKule]

The question has been answered by the Manf.

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