Comments on: Are You Helping OEM Dealerships Take Your Business? http://www.diagnosticnews.com/tech/vehicle-lubrication-basics/ the Automotive Diagnostic Newsblog Wed, 09 May 2012 15:31:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Stegeman http://www.diagnosticnews.com/tech/vehicle-lubrication-basics/#comment-97 Fred Stegeman Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:14:51 +0000 http://diagnosticnews.com/?p=2472#comment-97 This made me realize that I can't just use any 5W30 in my Corvette C6, it's a real eyeopener. Thank you for the article. This made me realize that I can’t just use any 5W30 in my Corvette C6, it’s a real eyeopener.

Thank you for the article.

]]> By: Michael Saldanha http://www.diagnosticnews.com/tech/vehicle-lubrication-basics/#comment-96 Michael Saldanha Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:04:51 +0000 http://diagnosticnews.com/?p=2472#comment-96 Sir, You made me richer in knowledge, about oils, Thank You. Sir, You made me richer in knowledge, about oils, Thank You.

]]> By: Hank Strand http://www.diagnosticnews.com/tech/vehicle-lubrication-basics/#comment-95 Hank Strand Sat, 22 May 2010 19:01:45 +0000 http://diagnosticnews.com/?p=2472#comment-95 WOW. Information that makes me appreciate my 1995 Escort even more. WOW. Information that makes me appreciate my 1995 Escort even more.

]]> By: Kevin S. McCartney http://www.diagnosticnews.com/tech/vehicle-lubrication-basics/#comment-94 Kevin S. McCartney Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:27:08 +0000 http://diagnosticnews.com/?p=2472#comment-94 I finnished writing that article on April 3, 2007. So, the info is a bit outdated. The situation is actually worse today than it was two years ago. And, it will get worse before the end of this year. The ILSAC GF-5 rating will start to replace GF-4 but it will be difficult for shop owners to identify the truth behind the label during the GF4-GF5 transition. GM will introduce their new (and vastly superior) dexos 1 standard as their minimum requirement for all GM gasoline powered cars. Many sources are already excercising damage control by falsly claiming that the dexos standard compromises robustness. This is absolutely false but such misinformation is increasingly common. Such false claims appear to by designed to direct shop owners and consumers away from products of genuinely higher quality towards inferior products with higher oil company profit margins. This is certain to cause liability problems for many shop owners who fail to educate themselves and their employees about the realities of modern lubrication systems and modern lubricants. Oil companies are NOT a reliable source of accurate information about the products they are selling! I finnished writing that article on April 3, 2007. So, the info is a bit outdated.

The situation is actually worse today than it was two years ago. And, it will get worse before the end of this year.

The ILSAC GF-5 rating will start to replace GF-4 but it will be difficult for shop owners to identify the truth behind the label during the GF4-GF5 transition.

GM will introduce their new (and vastly superior) dexos 1 standard as their minimum requirement for all GM gasoline powered cars.

Many sources are already excercising damage control by falsly claiming that the dexos standard compromises robustness. This is absolutely false but such misinformation is increasingly common. Such false claims appear to by designed to direct shop owners and consumers away from products of genuinely higher quality towards inferior products with higher oil company profit margins.

This is certain to cause liability problems for many shop owners who fail to educate themselves and their employees about the realities of modern lubrication systems and modern lubricants.

Oil companies are NOT a reliable source of accurate information about the products they are selling!

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