Re: CB650 SC Oil Cooler for CB750's

Posted by shinyribs on Jul 02, 2012; 12:35am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/CB650-SC-Oil-Cooler-for-CB750-s-tp3909678p4024104.html

Do you know what it means when they call an oil ''synthetic''? The name is rather misleading. Synthetic oil is not truly synthetic,meaning it is not made of some super material that is superior to dino oil. Synthetic oil IS dino oil,it has just been synthesized. When the dino oil is synthesized it "aligns" the oil molecules. What it creates is an oil that is consistent throughout the entire volume of oil. All of the zinc,parafin...whatever else is in there...is not all clumped together in one area if the given volume of oil. Basically,it just blasts the particles apart. But synthetic oil contains all the original ingredients of whatever dino oil they manufacturer chose to zap. I'm sure there are studies showing that syn oil is waaay better then dino oil,and it most likely is. But I just dont understand the breakdown thing. How can one oil tolerate higher temp/sustained temps if it is all made of the same stuff???  I'm not argueing here, just never did understand it. Looks like all the particles would get whipped up good during engine operation. Maybe it doesn't. Or maybe what I have been told about syn oil was not accurate. Given this explanation of oil how would a syn blend be possible??Do they 'just zap it a little'? I really dont know.Just putting it out there. I tried to learn about syn vs dino oil when I first got into the drag racing scene and that is what was explained to me.