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My aim is to educate people to use the correct oil for Their Application. I want to show that the use of thinner oils when used properly can actually minimize wear especially for city or U.S. type highway driving. We should not be falsely afraid of thinner oils - a common thinking that is hard to change.
Blanket statements as “you need a more robust oil as a 20W-50 XYZ” must be clearly defined as to why this may be true. And in most cases it is incorrectly advised. Thinner oils do allow for more MPG out of a given engine and allow for greater BHP often without greater wear. And I wish to get people out of the thinking that there is a big difference in an oil when the 100 degree C viscosity is 10 verses 11. The additive package is more important than the viscosity yet the viscosity is (almost) all anybody ever discusses.
I try to show that there are not many differences between current mineral based and synthetic oils but that certain criteria may sway you to use one over another.
And the list goes on.
aehaas
