Originally Posted By: SubieRubyRoo
Originally Posted By: CT8
NOACK? Seriously?
Word.
There's so many more
intelligent important (don't want to hurt anyone's feelings) things to base your pick of an oil for your engine, than to blindly pick an oil based solely on its lighter fractions evaporation rate at a temperature most oils and engines will never see.
99% of Americans are a fickle bunch, and will never ever keep ANY vehicle long enough to see the difference between today's oils that meet the specs for whatever engine they are using. The other 1% who do keep a vehicle long enough to see the differences between oils know that nothing mechanical runs forever, and periodically requires some TLC in the driveway. Other than the VW sludgers, most all engine failures and recalls of the past 20 years have been due to manufacturing defects, stupid engineers, or CAFE requirements that ask engines to do something they aren't intended to do nor are very good at (high boost at low RPM). Just my .02, but you are obviously free to interpret and take action as you wish.
I'd pick whatever spec oil is available and fits your budget, because honestly, with upper and lower limits for nearly all elemental components of engine oils today, there is very little room to differentiate between competitors when talking spec oils. It all comes down to how well their marketing department works. Hundreds of statistically similar UOAs don't lie.
European manufacturers are very, very specific about NOACK.
Average American does not drive GTI.
Not sure how CAFE is stupid, but some people survived 20th and moved to 21st century. I understand that in some parts of the U.S. (like in my neighboring states) it is still struggle to move to 20th century.