Engine oil (Pls Read) 6

Viscosity
Measure of oil’s resistance to flow

• Detects contamination
• Affects heat generation
• Affects sealing
• Affects rate of oil consumption

Viscosity Index

Measure of the rate of change of viscosity with temperature

• Affects range of operating temperature

Monograde and Multigrade Characteristic

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Do you know about Polyalphaolefins (PAOs)?

Poly-alpha-olefins characteristics- does not crystallize or solidify easily and are able to remain oily.
A synthetic lubricant to perform from low temperature to very high temperature and will not changes it states.

Read from Wikipedia PAOs Properties:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyolefin#Properties

Synthetic engine oil

Source data from ExxonMobil

Addictives: 

To improve the performance of the base oil
Impart entirely new performance characteristics to a lubricant
Reduce the rate at which undesirable changes take place

DO NOT ADD ANY ADDICTIVES TO YOUR ENGINE OIL OR IT WILL RUIN THE FORMULATION.



Mobil 1 PAOs formulation:

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Synthetics/Synthetic_Oils_FAQs.aspx#FAQs4

  

Source data from ExxonMobil

The interesting findings

There's tonnes of ExxonMobil patented products at US Patent website.

You may want to know about synthetic base oil From wikipedia :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_oil

Counterfeit

 Mobil 1 is like LV bag, It's never cheap and lots of counterfeits in the market.

Make your money worth on the real stuffs.

Have you there's a Mobil 1 sales at the petrol station?

 

Below is one of the case that happened in 2002.

Tips: Colours, fonts size, sticker alightment. You need atleast 2 bottles to differentiate the fake 1.

Mobil 1 is more then worth it !

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