With reference to my comment about modern oils being less robust than in the past, what I meant was not only the use of Group III and other non PAO base stocks, and the relatively low ZDDP, coupled with a high level of VII's and pour point depressants. In my opinion, an oil that shears fast, probably has a wide viscosity spread such as 0W-40 or 5W-50, 10W-60. They are in fact very well engineered oils, but I trust a more robust old school formulation. Heck, sometimes these modern formulations don't pour at all at temps below -30ºF, while simultaneously having a lower HTHS.
Yes, I know that AN base stocks can be great lubricants and are said to need lower ZDDP to achieve the same protection. Maybe I'm just "old school" and like what used to work very well at preventing oil related problems. We sure have a bunch of oil related engine problems in recent years...
I'd much rather have a simple 10W-30 old school PAO based oil with 1200PPM ZDDP and 3000 PPM calcium.