What should i be looking for on castrols' website that might tell me what additive package is used in syntec 5w20? There are no VOA on this weight to shed any light. Some posters say that a certain oil has a good additive package so i'm wondering where/how to look at say a product data sheet or oils msds. Is castrol the only entity that has this info?
Syntec additive packages.
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Proprietary I'd say ZN,CA,MG etc numbers will not tell much.
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I've searched for this info and was unable to find it. The syntec bottles do reference a patent no. So I am sure at least one propietary ingredient may be part of the "package".
I used the 5w20 syntec once before because my preferred MC5w20 was out of stock. I did notice one thing with the sytec 5w20, my motor idled smooth as glass and purred like a happy kitty.
I don't know if any of this helps but good look in your search.
I used the 5w20 syntec once before because my preferred MC5w20 was out of stock. I did notice one thing with the sytec 5w20, my motor idled smooth as glass and purred like a happy kitty.
I don't know if any of this helps but good look in your search.
MC5w20 I have a gallon of MC 5w20 syn blend in the basement that i might just try. It seems to get great reviews and there is no info on 5w20 syntec. Synthetic might be overkill for my application anyways. Or it might not be as good as the motorcraft for protection.
Send me a buck and I'll analyze some for you. LOL.Id think not much of anything but magnesiun and or calcium. Thats all thats in the GC 0-30. Just kidding . Id do it for free if had some. All
I have is amzoil 10-30,MI 5-30 xr, M1 5-30 supersyn and CG green and gold. Maybe some OLD castrol 10-30.
I have is amzoil 10-30,MI 5-30 xr, M1 5-30 supersyn and CG green and gold. Maybe some OLD castrol 10-30.
Warrior pilot you bring up an interesting point. If the oil were to be analyzed the elements will show up but not the particular compounds. So how would one know if the elements indicate a generically available compound or one that is propietary and patent protected?
Any chemical engineer's that would like to expand on this with some expert speak???
Any chemical engineer's that would like to expand on this with some expert speak???
I don't analyze oil, but I do analyze soil and rocks for a living. From what I've seen, UOAs show pretty much the same data as my company does, so I'd imagine we're using much the same instruments.
If so, then no, there's not really any way to know what compound a particular element came from. Let's take copper as an example. If I see 200 ppm copper, all I see is that number. I don't know if it came from some copper oxide or a copper sulphate salt or a copper nugget or if some joker threw in a multivitamin with copper in it.
However... it may be possible to narrow it down. In some cases, our clients ask us to add some chemical that will extract certain forms of copper and not others. Then when we run the sample, we can assume that any copper we see is only of that certain form.
For oil, I don't think the labs do any messing around with extracting anything, so what you see on your UOA is the total of each element in the entire oil. So you can't pin it down to any particular form of that element. It might be *possible*... if the lab knew a way to extract the compound you're looking for. That most likely depends on how many dollar bills you're willing to wave in their face.
If so, then no, there's not really any way to know what compound a particular element came from. Let's take copper as an example. If I see 200 ppm copper, all I see is that number. I don't know if it came from some copper oxide or a copper sulphate salt or a copper nugget or if some joker threw in a multivitamin with copper in it.
However... it may be possible to narrow it down. In some cases, our clients ask us to add some chemical that will extract certain forms of copper and not others. Then when we run the sample, we can assume that any copper we see is only of that certain form.
For oil, I don't think the labs do any messing around with extracting anything, so what you see on your UOA is the total of each element in the entire oil. So you can't pin it down to any particular form of that element. It might be *possible*... if the lab knew a way to extract the compound you're looking for. That most likely depends on how many dollar bills you're willing to wave in their face.
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