That's a fair statement I think. People are going to disagree with that. I would love to think that it wouldn't matter what was spec'd but it does.
You mentioned 40 weight oil. To me that isn't a yellow flag, it's a red flag and if I don't pay attention to that probably a black flag sooner than later.
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