OK, zee, thank you. If my dealer is using "Mobil Clean" then according to
the Mobil web site it does meet the owner's manual specs for my car. Not
only as to viscosity, but also as to API service rating SJ and "energy
conserving" in my case.

- Don

"bob zee" <bobzee1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 10, 1:40 pm, "Don Enderton" <Ender...@nosuchaddress.duh> wrote:
>
>>
>> And please, I hope to hear informed and expert knowledge here, not
>> speculation and guesses. Thank you.
>
> speculation and guesses are what you will get. you are not paying for
> this advice directly. of course, it can be argued that you are paying
> for electricity to power the computer, the purchase price of the
> computer, the internet connection, etc...
>
> there is nothing wrong with mobil. you are silly if you think
> otherwise. clean, fresh oil of the proper (as per the particular
> vehicle manual) viscosity is all you need and all you need to worry
> about.
>
> bob z.
>