the article says "Moreover, differences in engine technologies make it impossible to certify snowmobile oil to one standard. In fact, laboratory tests of all four OEM oils show they all use different formulas and additive packages. "
Really IMO, that's a load of bs with regards to certify an oil to one standard. I'm going to use the automotive/4 stroke certification as an example. All the 4 stroke oil manufacturers all meet a "minimum" standard, They can sure beat it and most do., they all use different formula's than each other, depending on how cheap the oil is or a more premium one, etc etc.... 4 stroke engines such as cars or trucks regardless of manufacturer have all gone through many tremendous changes, whether direct injection, variable valve timing, and all sorts of other crazy things in the engine, like mazda's new HCCI engine, making a gasoline engine as close to diesel as possible, using high compression and all. the oil rating is SN/SN PLUS, of which All car manufacturs, North america anyways use, whether its a mobil oil, amsoil, castrol... wally world oil. Or honda, ford, chevy, etc etc.
then to say "C-TEC2 is the only synthetic oil approved for the new C-TEC2 600 engine.”. Well yeah, because you guys (A/C) want everybody buying your own oil. they won't certify another company's oil for their sled engine... There is no real 2 stroke oil standard such as gasoline engines having "API SN".if there was then you'd likely find all 3, doo, poo, cat, would all conform to the same standard.
Really IMO, that's a load of bs with regards to certify an oil to one standard. I'm going to use the automotive/4 stroke certification as an example. All the 4 stroke oil manufacturers all meet a "minimum" standard, They can sure beat it and most do., they all use different formula's than each other, depending on how cheap the oil is or a more premium one, etc etc.... 4 stroke engines such as cars or trucks regardless of manufacturer have all gone through many tremendous changes, whether direct injection, variable valve timing, and all sorts of other crazy things in the engine, like mazda's new HCCI engine, making a gasoline engine as close to diesel as possible, using high compression and all. the oil rating is SN/SN PLUS, of which All car manufacturs, North america anyways use, whether its a mobil oil, amsoil, castrol... wally world oil. Or honda, ford, chevy, etc etc.
then to say "C-TEC2 is the only synthetic oil approved for the new C-TEC2 600 engine.”. Well yeah, because you guys (A/C) want everybody buying your own oil. they won't certify another company's oil for their sled engine... There is no real 2 stroke oil standard such as gasoline engines having "API SN".if there was then you'd likely find all 3, doo, poo, cat, would all conform to the same standard.
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