Recent content by 427Z06

Glad to see just another amateur poster is now reveling in there new found powers as an admin. Good luck.

I didn't do the calculations, but I'll say this. Anyone who says they are stripping VII is a wacko.

When ExxonMobil becomes a sponser of this website...will you remember us fighting in the trenches for the truth? Probably not.

Yep, it's a 5 year old article, and only 5 percent had significant deviations. Unless some kind of equiavalent sampling was made of Non-API brands, we'll never know for sure if they are any better.

Yes. But even when I gave the worst case imaginable, where the polymer is totally unwound and stretched straight, and it's still only 3 microns long in that example. And as far as I know, the polymers in question wouldn't behave in such a manner in the real world.

Even if you assume a molecular weight of a 1,000,000 for every VII molecule, which is being very generous...if you divide by the molecular weight of a typical monomer, 100, you end up with a polymer 10,000 monomers in length. Now assuming two carbon bonds as the length of the typical of a...

So unsubstantiated claims made of M1 is going to result in deleted posts or threads, but unsubstantiated claims made of all other brands will result in no action? That sounds fair to me.

http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000772095.cfm

Good idea. I just hope that unsubstantiated claims made on other brands in other threads are given the same treatment.

Yes both the primary and secondary O2 sensors are the heated type on these Hondas. Gosh...do people actually try to use the non-heated type to save a buck? You just gave me another reason not to let some goober mechanic touch my vehicles with a ten-foot pole.

Using the shop manual troubleshooting procedures, stored codes, and a DMM you can usually figure out what the problem is. It may take a long afternoon or evening, but it sure does beat paying someone big bucks for something simple only to have your car hacked up in the process. See if you can...

Well, Castrol has been marketing a 5w50 for years that is mostly Group III. And they make HDEO 5w40 from Group III basestocks everyday. Further it's a piece of cake to make a 5w40 out of 6 cSt PAO. Given this, I don't see how it would be much of a stretch to build a 15w50 from 7 cSt UCBO-7R or...

This is exactly what we see in the specs of the currrent M1 15w50 EP. This could easily be accomplished with majority group III basestocks and thus is perfectly consistent with the G.C. Tom reported. However, I won't strictly blame the Group III basestocks here. Reducing the viscosity of the...

Throwing a statement out like that clearly shows a non-objective mindset. If I were you, I'd find that article so we can see what the non-compliance rate actually is, and more importantly, exactly what constitutes non-compliance. Further, part of the requirement of being allowed to put the API...

Chalk up another failure to M1 15W-50 EP. I believe your application is really calling out for the proper grade of RedLine or equivalent high performance oil. I'd also send a sample off to Terry and get his recommendations.