Who has concrete, peer veviewed studies on oil change and wear?

Who has concrete, peer veviewed studies on oil change and wear?

11-10-2003, 08:12 PM

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Who has concrete, peer veviewed studies on oil change and wear?

I for one am tired of opinion's on this subject, because they're like (bu_ _ holes) - we all have one. What I want to see is a long term test that actually takes a fleet of trucks, driven similarilly, and run them on different oils and different change intervals. Tell me where that study exists!!! Fleets get a million miles with dino and good change intervals. Even though I don't use a group 4, (I do use PB 2000 extreme) I pay a bit more because when I change the oil, it cleans up very well from my hands and gloves. Not scientific, but better than any other I've used. NOW - if I only had some real good data......... I smell something rotten in Denmark with this oil thing. Could it be that the oil companies don't want us to know that in real world applications, using proper regular maintenance,
that there may not be any difference with the oil we use. That, as they say in politics, may be one of those very inconvient facts!

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