Originally Posted By: doitmyself
These type of stories tend to feed my OCD tendencies to do things "by the book", within a reasonable degree.
As an example, a lot of people here recommend using an OAT based universal/fits all coolant in vehicles that recommend HOAT coolant.
How do we know that this might not lead to problems, not in a few years, but maybe farther down the road?
As I mature, I am not so sensitive anymore about people critising me about being anal about these kind of things.....because of stories like this.
Bingo! GF 48 does not equal GF 5! Sorry to be off topic, but doitmyself is right on the money and back on topic I would bet it was the fault of the little salesman, not Chevron.