Synthetic oil in the the 1940's - check this out!

[addyguy]

Think the benefits of synthetic oils were only something discovered in the 1970's?

Think again - check out this June 1946 article, page 99:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7SADAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA99&dq=%22synthetic+oil%22&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=4#v=onepage&q=%22synthetic%20oil%22&f=false

Same findings, just 30 years earlier!

 

[saberz]

Interesting read, and it makes the statements that we hear about today. I see it was used by the military and AAF.

 

[Trajan]

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1981/jul-aug/becker.htm

 

[sdan27]

75 cents a quart isn't too bad either. Could probably get it for 60 cents on sale though.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: sdan27
75 cents a quart isn't too bad either. Could probably get it for 60 cents on sale though.


Inflation adjusted = $8.90
http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

 

[mechtech2]

When I saw the post title, I expected the following description of this oil to be written in German.

 

[BobFout]

Originally Posted By: XS650
Originally Posted By: sdan27
75 cents a quart isn't too bad either. Could probably get it for 60 cents on sale though.


Inflation adjusted = $8.90
http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm


So same as today, about $8 bucks a quart.

 

[Jason8691]

Hmm, so Amsoil WASN'T the first in synthetics.......

 

[Steve S]

Amsoil made the claim so it is so!!! The Amsoil literature is for those who do not know. Just like K@N filter claims.

 

[oliveoil]

Steve s, I have used both with great results. Try it you might like it. Or are you speaking without ever trying the products???

 

[djb]

Originally Posted By: oliveoil
Steve s, I have used both with great results. Try it you might like it. Or are you speaking without ever trying the products???


I love the "poking the beehive" GIF two posts above.

 

[Robenstein]

Just like many common people do not know about synthetic fuel plants in Germany during WW2 as well. A lot of really cool technological advances we have can be traced to military pursuits in times of war.

 

[CompSyn]

Originally Posted By: Jason8691
Hmm, so Amsoil WASN'T the first in synthetics.......

We seem to get hung up over this again and again here on the forum.

Originally Posted By: Tom NJ
There were some PAG based industrial synthetic oils in use in the 1930s. The Germans advanced the science with PAOs and esters during the second world war for the reasons gwdriver noted earlier. The first synthetic jet engine oil was developed by Esso (ExxonMobil today) in 1952 using a diester base oil from Hatco. Synthetic air compressor oils were introduced by Tenneco in the late 60s, and the first API qualified synthetic motor oil was developed by Hatco & Amsoil in 1972.

Tom NJ

Cited: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...150#Post1744150

So we see that there is truth to Amsoil's "First In Synthetics". Amsoil WAS/IS the first API qualified synthetic motor oil (1972).

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
Think the benefits of synthetic oils were only something discovered in the 1970's?

Think again - check out this June 1946 article, page 99:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7SADAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA99&dq=%22synthetic+oil%22&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=4#v=onepage&q=%22synthetic%20oil%22&f=false

Same findings, just 30 years earlier!




Wow - fascinating. Thanks for posting that. I love the stuff about sludge and how synthetic oil cleans up all the junk left behind by refined petroleum oils. This really fills in a timeline gap on BITOG and sorta dismisses the Germanland uber alles claims about motor oil.

Price is priceless!!

(PS Amsoil never claimed they invented synthetic oil, well written compsyn)

 

[Steve S]

Originally Posted By: oliveoil
Steve s, I have used both with great results. Try it you might like it. Or are you speaking without ever trying the products???
Actually I used K@N filters in 1974 on my motorcycle and they really let dirt in and I used Amsoil for a couple of years because one of my friends sold it ,it is oil to me .I am not knocking Amsoil it is one of the premium oils on the market in my opinion there are some that may be better values though . I have been exposed to oils in an industrial setting so I look at products in a different light than the passenger car market.