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Gluten is an umbrella term for about 6-7 proteins that the body cannot digest. These proteins cannot be digested by anyone although some react to them more than others ie: gluten allergy vs gluten sensitivity. In much the same way everyone who comes in contact with poison ivy is intolerant to...

I think the MLM model can certainly account for some difference in price but economies of scale are hardly ever mentioned as a likely reason. XOM, BP, Shell, Chevron, etc all own oil fields, drilling equipment, refineries and the tankers that transport the oil. The smaller blenders own none of...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog My old school way of looking at this kind of usage is.....Use the mileage point at which it started using oil as the time to change the oil next time. But I am over conservative about OCI. And none of my current vehicles get OCIs long enough to use any really...

You're right, it wouldn't be the worst thing to have to add oil. I don't have any Amsoil left unfortunately.

Thanks for the responses! I hadn't considered the long drive ... the car makes short highway trips quite often and I've made this drive to visit family twice already during this oil change. That's an interesting bit from the Toyota manual ... it makes sense, although I'm not sure why it's...

I have a 2.7L V6 in my Hyundai and so far the engine hasn't used any oil between oil changes which are normally done around 7-8,000 kms with either conventional or semi-synthetic. The car sees about 60% highway and 40% city. I decided to run synthetic this winter and stretch the OCI out to...

Thanks for the replies and the information! So far Maxlife has worked well in the car. Shifting is smooth even on very cold winter days. I thought there could be some benefit in going with the thicker Import MV since viscosity was closer to other non-OEM fluids. Interesting that SP-III can...

Does anyone know what the specs are for SP-III? I'm interested in the viscosities, mainly. I'm currently using VML ATF which has a viscosity of 5.91 at 100 degrees. I've noticed other non-OEM fluids recommended for that spec (Amsoil, Pennzoil and Valvoline Import) have a higher viscosity at...

"My NAPA sells Valvoline; never heard of IMV from Valvoline though. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Isn't MaxLife considered MV?" It is MV and I am currently using it but IMV has a higher operating viscosity that may be closer to the SPIII spec than Maxlife. No luck trying to locate it in...

I'm starting to wonder if Maxlife is too thin. I checked other data sheets for multi-vehicle ATFs (Pennzoil, Amsoil, VML and Valvoline Import) and Maxlife is the thinnest. I really like Valvoline products. Anyone know where to get Valvoline Import Multi-Vehicle in Canada?

Does anyone know what the OEM SP-III spec is for viscosity at 100 degrees? I have been running Maxlife ATF in my Hyundai for a couple of years now and it runs quite well but I noticed when looking at the data sheet for Maxlife that the viscosity is 5.91 whilst for the Valvoline Import...

Quote: "I think most if not all people forget that Canada is still under the ownership and control of the British. Perhaps if you secede from the socialist monarch the country can be as great as the one below it." I absolutely agree with the first sentence and half of the second. Although...

If it is Irving Oil, it'll mention Coastal Blending in Saint John, NB on the back of the bottle.

The image the OP posted doesn't come up anymore so I'm not entirely sure what the bottle looks like, but ... Irving Oil does repackage some of their oils under the 'Lion' brand. Seeing as the OP is in Canada, it's probably Irving ...

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM You're asking the wrong question as PP as a spec is a very poor predictor if extreme cold performance. That's why the MRV and CCS spec's were developed. Also if you want to maximize extreme cold performance you should be looking at 0W-30 oils which we have a few...