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A logical fallacy is a flawed argument that may sound convincing but is not supported by evidence.

Ford owners in Canada can use 5w40 Duron.

Delvac 10w30 and 15w40 are both SP licensed. If HDEOs cause elevated wear in gasoline engines, they would also elevate wear in Diesel engines, but we are not seeing that. How much information can one extract from a UOA following a few dyno pulls on a 70 year old engine design?

Now you tell me. We just took what the parts person gave us at Lordco.

I bought him a set of NGK Ruthenium plugs that have pointed electrodes on both the positive and negative side. Some say those are better because the wasted spark is reverse polarity and fires backwards. New coils are going on next week. The truck sure looks better with the 295/65R20 Toyo CTs...

A UOA after a couple of dyno pulls on an engine that was designed 70 years ago doesn’t quite do it for me. My son bought a 2012 F350 a month ago with 227,000 kms on it for $9,500 Canadian. He drove it from Terrace, BC to Kamloops, 1,200 kms and it used 1.5L of 5w20. We topped it up before...

In 2016 Ford recommended 5W30 instead of 5w20 in the 6.2s. Three days ago I put Delo 400 5W40 in my son’s 2012 6.2 F350. Less than a thousand miles later it caused the alternator to go.

Synthetic 80W140 should be about the same price as 75W90. Last week I paid $280 Canadian including tax which equates to $196 USD for a 20L pail. I’ve been using 80w140 instead of 75W90 in GM 1500s and HDs for years, and now in a F350 that calls for 75W140.

Can’t say I blame you. My daughter’s 2022 has the 3.6L and has been on xW40 for the last three oil changes. Since you have the 2L turbo, lspi is a possibility with engine oils that are not API SP or SQ approved. With little or no oil consumption that you will have with xW40s, the higher saps...

2012 F350 6.2L 230,200 kms on truck, about 5,000 kms on oil. Out; 5w20 and Motocraft filter from a Ford dealership in northern BC. In; Delo 400 5W40 and Fram ultra tg2. Going forward, we have enough Delo 5w40 I bought in 2021 for three more oil changes.

Use a Cat TO-4 oil then. Still a third of the cost of an engine oil with a picture of a motorcycle on the label.

Delo 400 5w40 CJ-4/SN+ going into my son’s 2012 6.2L today. It has been run on 5w20 all its life and could use a good cleaning up and stop the oil burning at the same time. Going forward I have 7 jugs of 0w40 M1 FS API SP/A3B4 he can take up north with him. The truck might see cold winter...

Fine and Dandy for BMW.

Maybe, but that doesn’t explain the thousands of motorcycles and outboard boat engines running fine and dandy on $4 HDEOs. I think the video is an infomercial disguised as science.

The Brotella fans are going to say that if HDEOs increase wear in a gasoline fueled engine, they will also increase wear in a Diesel engine. The purpose of the video is to discourage people from using value priced Diesel engine oils even if they are API CK-4/SP approved instead of over priced...

I’d use something cheaper like a 15W40 for the first 500 miles in addition to a PH 373 size filter.

Wider wheels to go with the wider tires?

Your photo shows exactly why I put LT tires on everything including my daughter’s 22 Acadia. In addition, three ply sidewalls whenever possible.

If people were smarter, they’d burn CNG in their ICE vehicles instead of burning CNG in a power plant to charge their EVs. But then, there would be nothing to protest.

Back in the day we could get Delvac 15W50 with high saps. I used it in my son’s 350 sbc on propane changing it every 40 thousand miles or so, more for a filter change when the oil was down a quart anyway. After 10 years the half ton van fell apart around a good running engine. Once again, if...