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Synthetic oils that are marketed and sold as synthetics can and for many oils are group 3 base stock oil. Which is a highly refined crude oil so not synthetic at all. I'll let you in on something cool Mobil 1 5w-30 Super Synthetic is a group 3 base stock so its a highly refined Dino oil. You...

Three responses to that one what relevance does that have, two never had an issue with them I like women they seem to like me back, and three facts are facts. Consider this 34% of lesbian marriages end in divorce, 19% of heterosexual marriages end the same, and 15% of gay marriage end in...

I am not sure on that one. Growing up with 4 sisters, being married 10 years after knowing my wife for 28, and general interactions with women in life and in the work place I have never seen any of them to be emotionally superior or more capable. More neurotic yes, more prone to trying emotional...

If I am gathering one thing from all you gentleman is that I am glad my wife hounds me into taking care of myself. I love working with my hands, on cars, houses, industrial equipment, and on and on. I am still on the young side at 35 and I feel great. I want to keep with it like some of the guys...

A bit off topic but not really. If you are 36 or 37 in the US right now you are middle aged. As based on life expectancy there is a good chance thats the actual middle of your life span. If you are 50 thats not middle aged unless you expect to make it to 100 which is nearly 25 years longer than...

Easy posting that sort of thing. You are going to give the thinnies heart attacks when they find out that engines can run a broad range of oil viscosities. (Not just can do all the time because even 0w-16 oil is thicker at 70°F than 0w-30 is at operating temperature.)

The biggest problem with this debate is that both sides are correct. If you are on the thin side your stance is. Engineers have shown the thin oil is thick enough in expected operating conditions and many people have gotten load of miles out of the recommended grade. Thats a valid point. The...

There also engines that have started out specifying a certain grade then later having it changed to a thinner grade later. I think the Honda J series is one such example. Then there are the engines the call for one grade here in the US then a thicker grade everywhere else. So I agree with the...

I try to avoid wet mowing as much as I can. For the soil compaction concern like you mentioned, but also because I want to keep my mower as long as I can and wet grass isn't great for the deck. Its also harder to rinse off. The more money I waste on silly things like food, shelter, utilities and...

Yes run a thicker oil instead of 0w-20 run 5w-30. The oil builds pressure faster and it doesnt drain out of the VTC gear as much so it quiets down the rattle. I have two K24 powered vehicles and a k20. One of the K24's had the rattle until I moved to 5w-30 and I haven't, except very very very...

Exhaust valves tend to tighten, intake tend to get looser on Honda engines. It's the exhaust getting tight I worry about. The noise just irks me as a fairly capable hobby mechanic.

The K series is beyond fantastic. I need to get some pictures of one of mine under the valve cover. Yes I own more than one lol. If you run even a cheap synthetic, which I do they stay clean. I have 170,000k on my wife's CR-V and the valves are a bit noisy so it needs an adjustment. I say that...

Never said it was that simple only that everything else being equal same engine, same base oil, same additives (save for VII's of course), and proper quantity of oil then a thicker oil will protect better. That is just the hard truth of it. Now viscosity isnt the only factor but as far as the...

Easy most of these very expensive oils are great they stand up better to extreme conditions than other oils. Whether that's better HTHS longer drain intervals and the like. A commuter car that is driven moderately on the highway will never see those conditions. So the oil will do no better of a...

The GM recall for bearing issues in the 6.2 V8 they run in trucks. Part of the recall is to move to a 0w-40 from a 0w-20. Thats not about brand or quality thats about viscosity because hate on "thickies" if you like. The truth of the matter is though thicker oil does protect engines better, and...

There is opinion and there is fact in it. Now sure some models are terrible from good brands. Terrible brands sometimes make good models of vehicles. There is a difference and important distinction. Honda has made some absolute trash in their history, Toyota has made some horrific vehicles but...

I'll add this to the discussion USE CASE, USE CASE, USE CASE. The difference between something being great and terrible is how you use it. What I mean is if you get a set of Craftsman screw drivers to use at home you may have them for 40 years and they will serve you great, but as a professional...

Youre misin You're misinterpreting things. There are cars that I like that are trash. BMWs are terrible in most ways. Plagued with electrical problems, expensive to upkeep, a list of known problems a good deal of them major flaws. They are trash. I won't fight anyone on that but I like them...

No its not hating. I don't hate them or like them or personally care. You clearly do. I just see a problem and call it out. Own what you want I dont really care but objectively VW and Chrysler built cars are trash. Now if anything I actually hate that fact bevause the American in me wants to...

Not much if any honestly. Think of it this way I have never not once seen or heard of a car that was kept up with, like you said religious oil changes with properly specified oils, driven normally, and the like, ever go to the scrap yard because of engine failure due to lubrication. Now most...