Why does non-synthetic oil still exist?

i use it in my tractor that has an engine designed in the 1940's. Yes, fuel is gravity fed and it uses a generator to charge the battery. Plugs, points. coil & distributor too.

 

To your point, the real problem starts with William Patterson who created debt-based government financing when he created the Bank Of England in 1694:

 

That's why I buy it.

May I subscribe to your newsletter?

 

I guess that means I'll have to start a newsletter? What would you like the newsletter to be about?

 

I guess you didn't know I jerking their chain back little?

 

Likewise.

At least in the U.S., that is no reason to ban any ordinary consumer product. Tons of much worse products stay on the market.

 

Seriously? That's fairly myopic.

Regarding automotive fluids that should be outlawed, I'd nominate stop-leak products for engine coolant.

 

Similarly it could be argued that NOT changing your oil often enough, causes premature engine wear - regardless whether it's synthetic or conventional. Heck for that matter, people that are picky must REALLY have fits if they discover reclaimed (re-refined) motor oil is still in use. When we were kids, poor side of town, that's all many folks could afford for an oil change. Modernly, crude costs versus the labor necessary to clean old oil (add additives) is such that the reclaimed market goes to other sources rather than the automotive crankcase.

 

LOL, can we go back to arguing what constitutes a hybrid?

 

Clueless OP and totally uninformed posts by him as usual. How can anyone be this tech-unsavvy? Let’s see him posting this nonsense on an oil forum and how he would be treated and labeled.

Moreover, 0W-16 and 0W-8, which are what Gen 5 specifies, only exist as a full synthetic anyway. That is because the more volatile conventional base oils cannot meet the 15% maximum for Noack volatility in API/ILSAC when they are that thin.