I can agree with you, the whole science of oil sounds like a bunch of babble, but in the end, it's all true. The majority of people rarely keep a machine long enough, or whatever to run into a situation where they actually see the quality and type of oil they use ever do anything for them.
In my case, I work on equipment for a living, and have witnessed what happens with enough customers, that I have seen how it works.
The best examples I can give are from customers that use a high really grade oil in their equipment. One has been using this companies products, exclusively, for over 40 years. In that time he has never had a lubrication related failure in his equipment. Two prime examples from him was a 3306 CAT engine that had been in operation for 12 years before being pulled down to repair a liner that had a hole in it due to electrolysis. Every measurement in that engine, rods, mains, etc, all came back standard. Dad worked at CAT building engines for a number of years and said he had never seen that happen with an engine with so many hours. Two years back he had to get the main hydraulic pump on his 345B excavator rebuilt. It was just shy of 10,000 hours when it was pulled and taken to the shop. The guys at the shop were amazed that it had so many hours on it as their experience was usually closer to 5,000 to 6,000 hours before the pumps needed serious attention.
In the second case the customer ran rock drills. The engine driving the compressors were going through turbos every 9 months, give or take. Too his compressors were often pushing the upper limit on oil temps during the summer months. I finally got him started on the oil used by the customer I just mentioned. Turbo life went to well over 2 years, and compressor temps dropped by 10 degrees, just from changing to a better quality oil.
In the end, your right, it does all sound like a bunch of techno babble, and I can't say I understand the science, but I can surely understand the results I've seen.
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