Recycled / Re-Refined Oils

Detroit™ favors the recycling of waste oil and permits the use of rerefined oils in all engine product lines, provided the rerefined oil meets the SAE Viscosity and API specifications previously mentioned. Several processes are used to rerefine oil. The only true rerefining process is one which treats the used oil as a crude oil, subjecting it to the same refinery processes normally used for geological crude, such as dehydration, vacuum distillation, and hydrogenation. Waste oil provides a more consistent feedstock, compared to the geological crudes that a refinery typically processes. As a result, the finished oil should also be consistent in properties and quality.