Hydrocracked oils
What hydrocracking is, how to tell such an oil apart, and whether it's safe to use.
- Can hydrocracked oils be used? Yes, hydrocracked oils differ in their properties and chemical composition from both mineral and synthetic oils. But does the ordinary car owner actually need to care?
- How to tell hydrocracked oil apart Why hydrocracked oil is hard to tell from synthetic by its label, how a German court ruled on the question in 2018, and why approvals matter more.
- What is hydrocracking? Hydrocracking in plain words: how a mineral base is turned into an oil close to synthetic, why it is cheaper and what Group III+ and GTL bases have changed.
- A bit more history of the oil industry Why synthetics appeared and how a synthetic base beats a mineral one: more stable viscosity in frost and heat, and a longer oil life.
- Hydrocracked engine oils: good or bad? Can you use hydrocracked oil: the base technology is secondary, what matters are the quality classes, the carmaker’s approvals and that it is not counterfeit.
- Hydrocracked oils Does it matter whether the can holds hydrocracked, mineral or synthetic oil? Base oil groups, what the word “synthetic” means and why approvals decide.
- “Synthetic” on the label: what is really in the can? What the word “synthetic” on a can really means, how hydrocracked oil became synthetic, what HC-Synthese is, and why you should choose oil by its approvals rather than by the label.
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Hydrocracked oils
All hydrocracked oils (14)-
Liqui Moly
Liqui Moly Dual Clutch Transmission Oil 8100
- Ford WSS-M2C936-A (no official approval)
- Mitsubishi Dia Queen SSTF-1 (no official approval)