Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
Thanks Jim. I contributed my $0.02 into that "thin and thick" thread too, but it was mostly overlooked. The "straw man" resorted to the same type of argument when pressed for facts or when reasonable information was used as "defense".
Back to this thread, you are quite right--this is not a PU versus MS5K comparison, it is indeed a conventional versus synthetic one with a bit of "how 5W-20 managed to not destroy my engine despite popular opinion" along the way. Thin oil fanboy? Not at all, Ford specified 5W-20 for my engine and I am "proving" they were/are right; had they specified 5W-30 or anything else that is what would be in it.
Like Dave Newton, my OCIs and UOAs are years apart, so I envy and admire how well and quickly you can acquire and process data on your truck. I am eager to compare how the 10W30 in my F150 looks vs the 5W20 I had in there before but I'll just have to be patient. I don't expect to see a big difference but I might be surprised. The bypass filter installed will have skewed the data anyway, so my previous "normal" will have no relation to the current one.
I also admire the way you came into the "thick & thin," said yer piece and was able to extract yourself. You're a better man than me, Gunga Din... I felt a strange need to slug it out there despite knowing it was an utter waste. Perhaps I am a "straw man" too ( : < ).
Thanks Jim. I contributed my $0.02 into that "thin and thick" thread too, but it was mostly overlooked. The "straw man" resorted to the same type of argument when pressed for facts or when reasonable information was used as "defense".
Back to this thread, you are quite right--this is not a PU versus MS5K comparison, it is indeed a conventional versus synthetic one with a bit of "how 5W-20 managed to not destroy my engine despite popular opinion" along the way. Thin oil fanboy? Not at all, Ford specified 5W-20 for my engine and I am "proving" they were/are right; had they specified 5W-30 or anything else that is what would be in it.
Like Dave Newton, my OCIs and UOAs are years apart, so I envy and admire how well and quickly you can acquire and process data on your truck. I am eager to compare how the 10W30 in my F150 looks vs the 5W20 I had in there before but I'll just have to be patient. I don't expect to see a big difference but I might be surprised. The bypass filter installed will have skewed the data anyway, so my previous "normal" will have no relation to the current one.
I also admire the way you came into the "thick & thin," said yer piece and was able to extract yourself. You're a better man than me, Gunga Din... I felt a strange need to slug it out there despite knowing it was an utter waste. Perhaps I am a "straw man" too ( : < ).