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From: Bob Jones on 10 Oct 2008 19:52 > Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer does > quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own > factories. It would be prohibitively expensive for Honda to generate > a spec on motor oil and then buy and package oil that would meet their > specs. They have a minimum API spec and any oil brand that meets > their minimum can bid on supplying them with oil. They buy the > cheapest that meets their specs. They don't even bottle it, the > supplier bottles it and brands it per the customer's wants. > Honda motor oil is made by Mobil. Do you think it's the same as Mobil 5000 which meets the API spec?
From: Scott Dorsey on 10 Oct 2008 21:18 Bob Jones <email(a)me.not> wrote: >> Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer does >> quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own >> factories. It would be prohibitively expensive for Honda to generate >> a spec on motor oil and then buy and package oil that would meet their >> specs. They have a minimum API spec and any oil brand that meets >> their minimum can bid on supplying them with oil. They buy the >> cheapest that meets their specs. They don't even bottle it, the >> supplier bottles it and brands it per the customer's wants. > >Honda motor oil is made by Mobil. Do you think it's the same as Mobil 5000 >which meets the API spec? It probably is. But I bet their limited slip differential lube isn't the same as the off-the-shelf Mobil product, even if it's made by Mobil. Oil is pretty generic, some other fluids aren't. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: cuhulin on 10 Oct 2008 21:59 Sochio (spelling) Honda got started after World War Two by cobbling some little gas engines onto bicycles. cuhulin
From: jim beam on 10 Oct 2008 22:07 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article > <2b239f7a-7236-42b1-a0ac-da644b67f698(a)u65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > ransley <Mark_Ransley(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> Honda OEM blades have always, ALWAYS been the best you can ever buy.- Hide >>> quoted text - >>> >>> - Show quoted text - >> Prove it. > > They prove themselves. concur - i've tried all kinds of blades and the ones sold as oem honda are by far the best i've used. both for initial quality and durability.
From: L Alpert on 10 Oct 2008 23:07
"Scott Dorsey" <kludge(a)panix.com> wrote in message news:gcoutq$qhd$1(a)panix2.panix.com... > Bob Jones <email(a)me.not> wrote: >>> Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer >>> does >>> quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own >>> factories. It would be prohibitively expensive for Honda to >>> generate >>> a spec on motor oil and then buy and package oil that would meet >>> their >>> specs. They have a minimum API spec and any oil brand that meets >>> their minimum can bid on supplying them with oil. They buy the >>> cheapest that meets their specs. They don't even bottle it, the >>> supplier bottles it and brands it per the customer's wants. >> >>Honda motor oil is made by Mobil. Do you think it's the same as >>Mobil 5000 >>which meets the API spec? > > It probably is. But I bet their limited slip differential lube > isn't > the same as the off-the-shelf Mobil product, even if it's made by > Mobil. > > Oil is pretty generic, some other fluids aren't. > --scott > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." It depends on what specification the fluids are made to. If Honda fluids are made to the same specification as those for other vehicles, then it should not make a difference which brand is used. |