Originally Posted By: Shannow
Ford tested it for 14 billion kilometers !!!
My testing covered 50 000km. with a split of 50/50. If I can't measure the difference then there is no practical economy improvement for me.
On the upside to the testing, we did find an air leak in the intake ducting that we would never have even looked for if it wasn't for the lab reports.
Originally Posted By: Volvohead
Here's another log for this fire:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/20/HondaCA.pdf
The Class Action Complaint does not plead an unambigious technical cause. But suffice it to say that cylinder ring sealing has been at least implicated. The resultant consumption problem appears well plead from the allegations.
Question: Any of this happening with Australian Hondas?
I've an open mind on this issue. IIRC, a straight 20 was the popular weight here in the US before the advent of multi-vis. OTOH, in Europe, where both fuel and vehicles are relatively expensive, a 5 and 0w-20 remains hen's teeth in practice. But as we all know, all lubricants are a compromise.
The discussion has been interesting.
There none that I know of, But we are not a lawsuit happy country, though it does seem that we are slowly catching up with the USA in that regard.