Originally Posted by billt460
Originally Posted by 69Torino
Maybe when all the 0w-16 spec'd cars start tossing rods out the sides of their block Autozone and Advance Auto will clearance the 0w-16 for $3.15 a jug.
Should be coming up quite quickly. Seeing as the factory engineers never tested it in anything beyond 5,000 miles.
You think it was only tested for 5,000 miles?
Engines are stress tested for far longer than that.
Why are people scared of it? If it's designed for it, it's designed for it.
The same people who were scared of 30 wt run 40 wt. Then 20 wt was too thin and they ran 30. And no 16 is too thin.
Car manufactuers aren't trying to save the planet, they are trying to make MONEY. They are going to lay by the rules and make their overall fleets as fuel efficient as they can WITHOUT replacing engines under warranty (ie losing money) .
I've never had an issue with 40 wt oil in vehicles specced for 40 wt, 30 wt in veicles specced for 30 wt, 20 wt in vehicles specced for 20 wt, and I won't have oil related wear issues from my 16 wt oil in my car specced for 16 wt.
[censored], I've gone over 5k miles in our Prius, I must have tested it more than a daggum Toyota engineer.