What do the five different base oil groups mean?
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- If you have ever used an engine, gear, hydraulic oil or other kind of lubricant, you have probably heard the base oil described as "Group II" or similar. Here we define what a base oil is and what that means, and how it impacts lubricant performance. The definitions provided are both in the sense of manufacturing technology, as well as marketing definitions.
We also explore the relative performance parameters of each base oil group, including oxidative stability, solvency, pour point, toxicity and viscosity stability.
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Glad they’re helpful! Let us know if there are other specific topics of interest.
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Thank you very much for this enormously informative video. It helps me so much as a sales person for industrial lubricants.
No worries Adnan! Please let us know what other topics you might be interested in.
@@LubricationExplained If it's within your scope of expertise, I want you to discuss the different types of thickeners (mineral soaps, calcium sulfonates, polyurea, etc) used in industrial greases and their corresponding applications.
@@AA-xe1gg We'll add it to the list of upcoming videos :) Also, please tell your team about us, we'd love to build a community of people that are passionate about lubricants technology.
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Thanks! This was one of my super early videos - hopefully things have improved since then 😛
Great video
as mentioned in the video, toxicity is higher for Group I, therefore, arrow should be pointing upwards instead of downwards
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Glad it was helpful!
The video explaining how they react to different temperatures and the break down other molecules.
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Awesome! Do you think there are any other videos we could do that you would find useful?
@@LubricationExplained videos regarding transmission fluid (auto, manual, CVT, and DCT fluids and their differences) and videos about heavy weight gear oils, might also be good to point out the differences between straight weight and multi-weight oils
@@Prestiged_peck Saw your other comment on the gear oil video - we'll add transmission oils to the pipeline of videos!
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@@Prestiged_peck thanks for the support! Please tell your team and customers about us, because we'd love to build a community of people that are passionate about the impact lubricants can have on asset reliability.
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Looking at Nulon and Penrite, Nulon use group 3 oils for their top of the line gear oil while Penrite state a PAO Ester blend, yet the Nulon state a higher viscosity index. Comparing 10W-40 engine oil to 75W-90 gear oil being similar (almost identical) at 40-100, I wonder if Nulons PAO/AN race oil cold be used as a gear oil also if the anti wear properties are similar. There does not seem to be a defining difference between gear and engine oil. As a mechanic, some of the vehicles (BMW) used engine oils for the transmission. If the transmission never reached temperatures above 100c, would a pao/an oil be of any benefit? What do you think about this.
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in the scene 9:21, group III has lower toxicity than group I has. so, I think the arrow would turning reversedly, right ?
We can assume that group 1-2 is naturally aspirated lubricant that does the job with classic minimum additive package. Have to admit that I experienced SAE 20 monograde pure mineral oil with liquid MoS2 additive in my car. It runs freaking good compared to so called Fully Mega Synthetic oils. The engine runs much smoother and sounds so refine. Will report later after 100 engine hours. Thanks for video.
The should print this stuff right on the container.
I found a relatively cheap manufacturer with fully synthetics in 0w40 and 5w40 that are basically pure Group 4 PAO with tiny amounts of Group 3 and Esters, most likely from the additive package. Such an oil is almost unheard of in my country.
You only really find out about this stuff when digging up lab reports.
Who is the manufacturer you found? Mannol?
Pl cover in depth on poly alkylene glycols both water based and oil based
Slowly getting there - still got some videos coming through on Esters, and the PAGs and ANs would be next.
how to increase oxidation stability with group 1 base oil, which is the good additive for that
When the label says "conventional oil", should i assume immediately it's a "group i" base oil? If not, is it possible to shop specifically for "group i" lubricant?
There's not many Group I engine oils left to be honest. "conventional" will usually mean either Group I or II, so that's definitely a clue, but full Group I's are hard to come by because of the low viscosity index.
Hallo. Can I ask you something. What is Interchangeable Low Viscosity Oil at MSDS.
What oil group it is? Thank you
When seeing the group table, does it apply for both, diesel & gasoline oils?
Yes.
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I have a question in which group is the N40 base oil in? please help
It looks like N40 is being marketed as a hydroprocessed base oil, which puts it in Gp II
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Could you recommend group 4 oils please?
Hi! Without knowing the application it is a little difficult to recommend anything - what are you planning on using it for?
@@LubricationExplained I have two cars 1 is a 2007 Chevy equinox that recommends a 5w-30 synthetic but I’ve been using a store brand made by shell 5w-40 because the engine burns a bit of oil and the thicker oil helps burn off less. Is it bad to use euro spec oil in a American car I’m scared might ruin the catalytic converter. And the second car is a Mercedes b250 2018 and its specked for a 5w-40 with the mb229.5 approval for warranty. I’ve been using Mercedes oil which is sold by the litre and its very expensive and I’m sure it’s a group 3 synthetic. Any input would be appreciated thanks again and you have great videos keep up the great work.
We need BASE OIL
CASTROL IS THE REASON GROUP 3 CAN BE CONSIDERED A SYNTHETIC LOL