Re: Long Life Oil for the Saturn EcoTec 2.2 Liter Engine...

On 11/23/03 >"Kirk Kohnen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Then why did Mobil 1 0W-40 get the GM-LL-A-025 certification, and Mobil 1
>5W-30 not get it?

Because they have different additive pacakges.

>But, you can get oil (e. g., Mobil 1
>0W-40) that meets the spec. in the US. So, would it be OK to do that?

Not in my opinion.

>I am NOT being "cynical" as you suggest. You conveniently snipped out the
>explanation that I made regarding the economics between the US and Europe.

I didn't "conveniently" snip out anything.  America is a primarily capitalistic
society that is not willing to fund social programs by taxing gasoline and oil.
 Europe has become primarily a socialist society and taxes the hell out of
everything, especially gasoline and oil.  When British and European people move
over here, either temporarily or permanently, practically the first thing they
usually do is buy a large American car because they can A) afford the gas for
it; and B) it is so much more comfortable to drive than the small cars they
have had to drive all their lives because gasoline was so expensive.

Both the US and Europe are heavily (but differently) regulated marketplaces,
resulting in significant solutions by the automakers who compete in them.

Alan King