OOPS - to increase fuel mileage. Thinner oil, less internal viscous
friction.
-----Original Message-----
From: snyler [SMTP:marc@animalfirm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:20 PM
To: Hall, Phillip
Subject: Re: FW: OT engine oil and Ford
Hall, Phillip wrote
>Hey listers - a little OT for the day.
>
>Ford will begin shipping most new cars out starting in 2001 model
year with
>5W- 20 in the crank case - according to Lube's N Greases magazine.
The
>exceptions will be the 5.0L vehicles, 4.0 SUV's and 2.5L Ranger.
The move
>is to lower fuel mileage an average of 0.6 percent for their fleet.
Phil,
Do they want to lower or raise fuel mieage? Is this a typo, or
is
there a reason to want to lower fuel milage?
curious,
-marc t.
The book is great, BTW :-)
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