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Re: GM changing oil life
Posted to Industry Issues Forum on 4/6/2013

There are multiple reasons for a 0W-20 or 5W-20. It's not just fuel efficiency.

They both meet all SAE 20, and SAE 5W requirements. The 0W-20 also meets SAE 0W.

Remember the old 20W-20 multigrade oil that was common in the 1970s & early 1980s?

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