Originally Posted By: 72te27
Why do you believe that, Caterham? It would appear to much easier to make the arguement that manufacturers are simple bowing to the inevitable government pressure to meet gas mileage requirements. A time-line would not show a trend towards lower viscosities prior to government imposed, or at least implied, increasingly difficult to meet, CAFE requirements.
You dont fully understand CATERHAM's dedication to thin oils at all costs, do you. Anything anyone says to the contrary of recommending a thin oil is incorrect, similar to.. a certain other situation with a motor oil that starts with M and a certain individual, who recommends that oil for any and every application, without regard to what the application is.
Look at Australia oils and car specs for proof. They recommend 'thicker." Why? Ask them.. but probably because they feel more comfortable with a greater margin of error in that horrid heat ad outbacking or safariing in tropical heat in vehicles prone to overheat i.e. high load.
Now, most of the time there is some kind of a point to be gleaned but every now and then it is in fact simple blind argument.