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Do thin oils destroy engines: Lessons from GM’s massive recall

After over 28,000 reported engine failures, GM is recommending thicker oil as a potential solution — but is that really the answer? In this video, we take a deep dive into why so many GM 6.2L V8 (L87) ...
It's been a tough year for GM's half-ton trucks and full-size SUVs equipped with the L87 small-block V-8. Amid an ongoing federal investigation into the 6.2-liter's potential catastrophic failure, the ...
Itself now part of a holding company called Royal Dutch Shell plc, Shell Oil is the fifth largest oil company in the world by market capitalization, according to Investopedia. But it came from far ...
The 6.2-liter V8 engine recall saga is far from being over and no real solution appears to be on the horizon. GM recalls nearly 600,000 trucks and SUVs for potential L87 engine failures. Dealers ...