How to choose a good and correct Oil

To date there are three kinds of lubricating oil produced and circulated in the market among other mineral oil, synthetic oil, and the oil made from herbs or animals (castor oil), and the factories of the average vehicle advocate to wear mineral oil that has been standardized by SAE and API.

The oil made from herbs widely used on motor-motor racing a few years ago because the quality is better than mineral oil. While synthetic oil is widely used in aircraft and there are rarely available, besides the price relatively still expensive type of oil is also not yet popular.

Oil has a viscosity that is different and each is numbered by SAE standards, such as for example SAE 20,30,40 and 50.Ini means that the oil has a viscosity which limits the power will be broken (missing its lubricity) at a temperature of 99 degrees Celsius.

Whereas oil with SAE standard number 5 .10 W, and W 20 W means that the thickness of the oil will break at a temperature of 18 degrees centigrade. The smaller the number, the more liquid the oil standard.


Multigrade lubricant oil has a high viscosity index, for example, SAE 20 W/50 or SAE 10 W/30 multigrade oil is Excellence. Engines can easily to be switched on the weather and temperature a cold winter in Europe for example. The Oil will become liquid when the engine is cold but still has the quality of a good lubrication at high temperatures.


The type of oil can also be grouped in accordance with the vehicle's engine to use it so that getting good results include:

1. type of Oil ML, this oil does not contain additional ingredients (additives) and usually used on gasoline engines with light work
2. MLM type of Oil, this oil contains additive that can prevent rust on the machine normally used in gasoline engines with the work that is being
3. MS type Oil used in gasoline engines work pretty heavy
4. Oil type DG, this oil contains anti rust and also contain detergents in order to prevent the formation of carbon/charcoal on the combustion chamber or other machine parts. This oil can be used on diesel engine or gasoline engine

Oil kinds of DM, this is high quality oil because this type of oil containing a variety of additives that quality is very good and the price is quite expensive. This special type of oil used for diesel engines and machines that work heavily. This oil contains substances that are present in the type DG but added with pour poet depressant that can make this oil resistant high temperature will be.

In addition to the standards issued by SAE oil there are also standard issued by the fire code is marked with the SA, SB, SC, SD, SE, and SF. Then to diesel engines are marked with code CA, CB, CC and CD. The oil comes with a standard API such as SE, SF or SD contains additional substances that contain a neutralizer such as full of sulfur, a substance anti substance paddling, Bussan and so forth, as well as the oil is made from pure mineral oil.