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Originally Posted by bluesubie
IMO, HTHS should be listed on the bottle instead of a viscosity range. Even between oils with the same numbers on the bottle (eg. 0W-30), you can have different film strength and oil pressure.
0W-30 isn't saying much, but a 0W-30 with a low HTHS like Mobil1 (HTHS 3.0) compared to a Euro 0W-30 like Euro Castrol 0W-30 with an HTHS of at least 3.5 will have the Castrol behaving more like a 40 grade.
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Agreed. There should be precise, accurate, detailed information on the table for us consumers to make choices on.
I often ask myself what I would do if facing the types of dilemmas you guys do. At this point, I believe it would involve frequent oil changes, with a motor oil I had confidence in, but was economical in price.
It was surprising to read today, a link to an article, posted by an expert in the field, where he referred to a "Group III+" motor oil.
As someone who is big on base stocks, I would be interested in your thoughts, Dennis, on using Pennzoil Platinum Euro (GTL) vs using Motul (Group IV).
Do FT86 trackers really, really prefer esters?