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Originally Posted by PimTac Enjoy the vacation. Yes, I'll get banned. I know. And when I'm dead and gone still no one will have the answer as to what makes a VII loaded oil better than a less VII loaded oil, beyond cold starts. Just as long as that's clear.

Quote Handful? Porsche A40 testing is literally various operating tests to simulate regular driving followed by 5 extended (hour-long) runs of a race track (the Nurburgring) followed by a completely tear-down with measurements. That's not a handful of parameters, it's an entire mechanical...

Yes, that's one of the stalwart arguments the extended Euro OCIs. They're not the only ones with extended OCIs these days, and with the large sumps and high-spec 'synthese; oils they required, a 20K OCI seems apt, just as the engineers intended. Now the question is why the 'apparent propensity'...

Originally Posted by 53' Stude Originally Posted by kschachn That post is full of imagination and made up stuff for which you have no proof whatsoever. Nice and long though. What you lack in facts you rectify with length. Oh and my old BMW is spotless on 0W-40 and doesn't burn oil. I posted a...

Imagination and "made up stuff" you fail to identify, let alone challenge. 'Lack of facts' which you fail to identify as being non-factual. Don't even know where to start with that fantastic logical fallacy suggesting that length "rectifies" anything. Please try again, but this time include...

Why is Hyunkia having such basic problems with oiling and machining that no one else is having? It's not the Mitsubishi engine design, so what is it?

Here ya go brotha

Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en Originally Posted by PeterPolyol But your 'success' has been with the 5W20 lol, how did you sneak 0W20 into there? What do you need the 0W rating for? What would you miss out on if you ran the 5W20? Miss out on? PAO....... MORE Group-IV in them-there 0W-20...

Specs are fine for being assured minimum requirements in a handful of parameters, it's too bad real-life parameters are infinite and uncontrolled. Plenty of products (in general) pass QA and durability testing only to fail IRL. The Euros, Germans in particular have always demanded certain specs...

But your 'success' has been with the 5W20 lol, how did you sneak 0W20 into there? What do you need the 0W rating for? What would you miss out on if you ran the 5W20? >inb4 warranty

"Is it sunny or overcast when the sun rises on this particular day?" is essentially what this all is. The rodents just keep the bizarre ritual palatable. Sincerely, Bill Murray waking up for the 100th time

With the polar vortex being forced thousands of miles South to enable extreme weather events, why should anyone "hate" on 0W oils? This is the ONLY TIME they're realistically and practically the most appropriate grade to use, legal and regulatory requirements notwithstanding. That's right...

Do you have a boroscope you can stick down the Cyl1 spark plug hole to check for any anomalies like lapping grooves or excessive carbon? Could help eliminate/implicate the EGR effect... our 3500 is a quirky one; only 2 of the 6 pistons have piston oil squirters! Such a GM thing to do.... perhaps...

2019 BITOG: Where we collectively just accept that a modern 5W30 is now blowing up engines because it's not thin enough.....

0W40s are typically blended with thin base oils doped with big time VII addtives to bring it up to (technically) 40 grade specs. If you can't think of a con to running one of the top VM-adulterated grades of oil available, then enjoy every minute of it and sleep easy!

Had a recent revelation that what I thought was piston slap for many years in our 3500 V6 is more than likely sloppy lifters. Just a heads up these GM pushrod engines all use the same lifters, and on a few occasions I've heard replacing the HLAs solved the problem. Nonetheless, I've ran SAE40 in...

Okay you can't post this without telling us what car it was.....

Toyota: -muh kool aid! -muh illusory superiority

LOL what is this more CAFE skirting? Not a new idea in the least but suddenly a priority for North America? haha

Corporate welfare. I wonder how Ford manages to stay so squeeky clean and self-sufficient...... what with many believing they haven't gotten any state assistance to carry on hemorrhaging money... Jerry should be ashamed for misleading these people by playing on their immediate fears and...