synthetic oil

[82rude]

Cant we go for 100??,lol Ive had it theres no winning on these threads besides GA as you say ethanol is more fun or supertech oil is the best is a good one too!

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Oooh, I was wondering how long it would take before SnakesOil would get mentioned The we're so super awesome we don't test our oil to the industry standard people. (ought to be good for 4 more pages)

Kind of a stretch considering I never proclaimed the product to be anything other than a product, I know a guy who works for the company, even though I can get free product I choose to use a mercury product to mix with gas for my motor. I simply explained what I was told about the process to make "synthetic oil."

 

[roffey]

No, that won't happen. Roffey asked a question and it was answered 57 posts ago.

If you're satisfied roffey , we can shut this one off and start an ethanol thread.

I was just going to ask what was better, draining the water or fill full of antifreeze ?

 

[oldjeep]

Kind of a stretch considering I never proclaimed the product to be anything other than a product, I know a guy who works for the company, even though I can get free product I choose to use a mercury product to mix with gas for my motor. I simply explained what I was told about the process to make "synthetic oil."

It's a joke. Most amsoul cult threads become epic.

 

[wrvond]

I was just going to ask what was better, draining the water or fill full of antifreeze ?

Air doesn't freeze.
However, because I am never confident I got all the water out, I blow the water out then add antifreeze. Probably overkill, but I sleep better.
What I don't do is add antifreeze to water. No way to tell how diluted it is which directly affects the freeze point.

 

[Patfromny]

Pretty sure Roffey was making a joke there. Touching on all the great iboats debates, ie, synthetic, fiberglass vs. Aluminium, drain and leave vs. Antifreeze, Merc vs. Johnny rude etc. Etc. Etc.. I think this one should be left open. I am amazed at how heated it gets at times but it has kept my interest at least. Synthetic vs standard is interesting but not worth getting angry over. Noone is really wrong here. Use what you feel is right for you and let everyone else decide what is right for them. Live and let live. Sorry, my inner hippie just peaked out.

BTW roffey, an obvious step hasn't been mentioned. Why not consult your owners manual or ask the dealer where you purchased the boat what they recommend? Couldn't hurt. Ask them about the antifreeze too. Lol

 

[roffey]

agreed. I did check my owners manual and its just about as vague as can be, just said to use Mercury products. I asked the dealer last year and was told they will put in what ever I asked, so I asked for synthetic oil and unfortunately they forgot and changed with what was in the boat. I figured no big deal as fresh clean oil is always good and I have the next 20-30 years to change to synthetic oil and after that its my son in-laws problem, LOL. My original post was asking what the process was to switch. I know when you go to oil changer places they want to "flush" with a cheaper oil then put in the premium. Just so I don't start another fire storm I know this is a scam and hence the question.

 

[roffey]

I should add, I take the boat in to the dealer every other year to check for unseen problems and this year is my year.

 

[JASinIL2006]

I actually learned something from this thread. It prompted me to do some reading on the different types of synthetic oils and how 'synthetic oil' we get in North America is is really just highly refined dino oil. Very interesting...

 

[bruceb58]

I actually learned something from this thread. It prompted me to do some reading on the different types of synthetic oils and how 'synthetic oil' we get in North America is is really just highly refined dino oil. Very interesting...

It's way more than just refined. There are multiple chemical processes done to refined oil to make it into a synthetic oil. I guess if you call extra chemical processes refining, then I guess that could be true. The molecules themselves aren't man made.

 

[JASinIL2006]

Several sources I saw described a couple of processes, one where crude oil is the base from which 'synthetic oil' is highly purified (I think they described it as a refining process). As I saw it described, this process goes far beyond typical refining and basically the oil is scrubbed of impurities at a molecular level.

The second process that was described is where the synthetic oil is actually constructed by combining molecules from stuff like methane (I think) and other substances to 'create' oil. The articles described the former as being the process used typically to create synthetic oil for the North American market, and they also talked about this method being much more expensive. (This second method to me sounded more like what I would have thought re: synthetic oil, but I'm not a chemist....)

I saw these same general descriptions in several different places, and they sounded fairly consistent. If there are good links, I'd be interested to read more about it. I find it pretty interesting, actually.

 

[ondarvr]

It's way more than just refined. There are multiple chemical processes done to refined oil to make it into a synthetic oil. I guess if you call extra chemical processes refining, then I guess that could be true. The molecules themselves aren't man made.

I think what he meant is that in the US the line between Dino and Synthetic is a bit fuzzy, you don't need to do much to a dino oil to call it synthetic in advertising.

 

[bruceb58]

I think what he meant is that in the US the line between Dino and Synthetic is a bit fuzzy, you don't need to do much to a dino oil to call it synthetic in advertising.

I tend to agree.

 

[JASinIL2006]

I think what he meant is that in the US the line between Dino and Synthetic is a bit fuzzy, you don't need to do much to a dino oil to call it synthetic in advertising.

Exactly!

 

[GA_Boater]

You can call it anything you want until the papers are served.

 

[roffey]

... and is that why I don't have to do anything other than an ordinary oil change to switch over?

 

[roffey]

sorry couldn't help my self...:tape2:

but truthfully I did learn some new things from this post...