Different types of lubricants are needed for each of the applications in an automobile's drive train. Each of the vehicle's engine, automatic or manual transmissions, and differentials need a lubricant with very distinctive properties.
Viscosity levels must be very different for each of these applications, and in the case of an automatic transmission, the lubricant must also act as a hydraulic fluid as well. Gear oils for differentials and many manual transmissions are generally thicker or have a higher viscosity rating, and they need to withstand high pressures from gears acting upon one another. Because they are chemically engineered in a laboratory, synthetic lubricants can be specifically designed with each of the different, needed qualities for their particular purposes in mind. Because they can be chemically designed, synthetic oils can protect and utilize each vehicle component better than petroleum based oils. AMSOIL, one of the original and most well known producers of these additive rich, synthetic oils has created a specific product for every different, automotive application.
Each can be made with different groups of additives for their specific purposes, as well. These additives packages allow synthetic lubricants to specifically protect the component in which it is used better than traditional, petroleum based oils. In the case of engine oil, additives and detergents in synthetic oils help suspend metal and carbon particles created over time, and that have flaked off in higher temperatures and stresses, allowing them to flow to the oil filter to be caught and removed from the crankcase. These additives also clean engine passageways, allowing oil to freely flow to where it is needed most, like lifters, push rods, and springs. They help with cold start ups and extreme temperature use, as well. Additives in synthetic gear oil can help strengthen the fluid to protect gear teeth faces when they must encounter the entirety of vehicle engine load. This stops metal wear and therefore, metal debris from contaminating the fluid.
All synthetic lubricants are also made with many additives and detergents to help their respective components operate cleaner and smoother than they otherwise would with petroleum based oils. Conventional oils are refined from crude oil, and the result is dissimilar molecules full of harmful byproducts that burn off easily under the stresses of use in vehicle components. They break down faster than synthetic products between drain intervals leaving behind these byproducts to foul the vehicle components over time. This higher rate of vaporization and thermal breakdown produces more metal on metal wear in each of the applications of a vehicle's drive train between drain intervals. Synthetic lubricants keep the engine, transmission, and differentials from experiencing this unnecessary wear over their lifespan and save the consumer thousands of dollars in fewer component repairs.
For over 25 years Vincent Peter Platania,Jr has been marketing, consulting and formulating high performance lubricants.Source for AMSOIL, the World's Best Synthetic Lubricants, Motor Oils and Filters Visit http://www.synthetic-motor-oils.com
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