>I am certain that little 4 banger would have gone another half million km.
Probably more a result of excellent maintaince & engine design than engine oil viscosity. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Question for Pentax Auto Buffs Discussion Group > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" > Subject: Re: OT: Question for Pentax Auto Buffs Discussion Group > > >> >>> >>> From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> I'm wondering if anyone knows why a major manufacturer would switch to >>> lighter-weight oil. >> >> It does wonders for your fuel economy and few people keep a car long >> enough to find out if there is any trade off. Even if there is, they may >> still be happy with the equation. > > I had a Nissan Axxess for many years. Always ran either 5/30 (winter) or > 10/30 (summer). When it got toasted off by a drunk asshole in a Ford > Explorer, it had just under 250,000 km on it, the engine was still like > new > strong, still had nearly full compression both warm and cold, and didn't > use > any oil between changes. I am certain that little 4 banger would have gone > another half million km. > > William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
