Originally Posted by
John Morgan
Right at this moment in my life, I am using Monster Oil. ... I don't seem to be getting the nasty gunk build up that I have experienced with every other synthetic oil, not sure why.
As the Monstor people point out, there are three components to it: base oil (it's synthetic), solvent, copper passivator (anti-corrosion).
Since everyone else is totally speculating about where the green slime comes from, bacteria, chemistry, etc., I might speculate that the anti-corrosion component may (perhaps with the user's own body chemistry) be inhibiting gunk formation by suppressing verdigris (or something similar). Or not. Maybe the copper in it is killing bacteria instead. Copper is like magic, right? Or perhaps the solvent is killing the bacteria. Or maybe it's working with the copper to eliminate verdigris AND kill the bacteria. Speculation is easy.
A lot of maybes there. We're still not remotely out of the speculative woods.
Gary Merrill
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