But then you will just get a possibly biased sample of 1 which is just as useless as my piece of string! Since it makes f*ck all power for its huge size and weight, and has very advanced filtration system that cars dont the answer will be about 500,000 miles or more.
More like you don't have a clue.
WRONG
WRONG
Was only a little 380 on the Merc. No idea but on the FM12 I currently drive, a gallon doesn't fill it from the empty mark on the dipstick to the full.
Figures for a MAN are:
11litre 420BHP 1863 ft/lb @ 900RPM.
I drive many trucks. I don't get the same one two days running.
I notice you are always on the defensive and very keen to tell me I am wrong but cant actually explain why, now I wonder why that could be....
Well it could well be I am generalising as its a truck engine, and they are all pretty damned similar so I wont be far wrong....
So my guess was so close as to not matter. And it makes even less than
50bhp per litrre WITH a turbo! No wonder it goes forever it doesent do anything! Thats what you call a boat anchor! I have tested bikes on the dyno with that much power from 1 litre! Wouldnt much matter what you had in the sump.*ding*
There's no reason at all to buy anything better than the Halfords range.
So why do you do it?
4-5 bar? Are you sure? that's a hell of a lot of boost and would need a big drop in compression ratio making the engine hugely innefficient off boost.
Because you can get Havoline semi and full synth cheaper at your local Asda IIRC. I know I was suitably impressed at the price of 5l of 5W50 from them last time.
Asda?
Pikey :-P
Conor driving a piece of string? That'd be wild to see.
Douglas
Better than Scheiseland.
Peace of mind (just in case own brand happens to be crap (unlikely I know) and the fact that money is not an issue for me...
I think he doesent understand the difference between 5 psi or 5 bar!!!
It cant be 5 bar as it makes considerably LESS than 50 bhp per litre!!!
About as good as a 1950 cement mixer then...
Doubt he could tell the difference judging by his "engine" comments!
Erm, you work for Iceland - whose very trade is based around being a pikey and downmarket shithole...
Still, one day you might step higher up the ladder and get to stack shelves in Farm Foods too !
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The colour of the oil is largely irrelevant to how well it lubricates.
We change our oil every 5,000 miles, give or take a few hundred. It spends very, _very_ little time being a golden colour. There has been no difference in how quickly the oil loses the colour any of the fleet cars I've cared to check after a service nor in my own.
*cough* that point too?
That comment is especially disappointing from somebody sitting in his ivory tower claiming to know all there is to know about engines.
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