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Re: Healthy oil or not, 5W20. Is lighter better?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 7/18/2002

I'm glad that techs in the business are thinking about this subject. The trend to lower-viscosity oil has been underway for almost 10 years and has two driving forces.

First is the goal of "energy-efficient" oil. That means oil that is lighter (lower viscosi... Login to read more.