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Re: Perhaps silly, but Synthetic Oil weight correlate exactly to convention oil weights ?
"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:459c041f$0$68995$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...[color=blue]
> Correct. However some dealers use 10W30. I wanted 5W30, and made the
> dealer change the oil a second time after they used 10W30 because that's
> all they had in the bulk tanks. I found it amusing that good independent
> shops will never use the incorrect oil because they are worried about
> liability, yet a dealer's service department will do what's cheaper. Same
> with newer Hondas that use 5W20. The good independent shops buy 5W20, even
> though it's expensive, while the Honda dealers (at least some of them) use
> 5W30 from the bulk tank.[/color]
Glad to see this documented once again. I have seen many, many people post
their experiences about dealer oil changes on this forum that they use
10W-30 instead of the recommended 5W-30 for exactly the reason stated. My
experience with Toyota dealer oil changes was exactly the same.
Unfortunately, Ray, who has a professional relationship with Toyota Motor
Corp (or at least did at one time) is in complete denial about this subject.
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