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Just now, OnTheReel said:

I replaced it. Brought this rig up from Nevada so the filter and just about everything else was pretty dusty. No rust so I’ll take that trade any day.
 

No 4xE, just a regular 4x4.

Great! Gotcha.  Says E up in data sheet. 3.6L ? Or 5.7? 

Posted
29 minutes ago, customboss said:

Great! Gotcha.  Says E up in data sheet. 3.6L ? Or 5.7? 

3.6.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, OnTheReel said:

3.6.

🫡Great vehicle for the $$$ with NO RUST. Bet the wife will love it in winter. 

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Posted
6 hours ago, OnTheReel said:

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You have the VOA for this lot? Silicon? 

 

How many miles on this sample? 

Posted
7 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

You have the VOA for this lot? Silicon? 

 

How many miles on this sample? 

2000 miles 

Posted
8 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

You have the VOA for this lot? Silicon? 

 

How many miles on this sample? 

Unfortunately I do not, it was installed before I owned the vehicle. 2000.

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2 minutes ago, OnTheReel said:

Unfortunately I do not, it was installed before I owned the vehicle. 2000.

 

Ah! Well, just looking at available samples online seems 2 to 6 ppm is the usual "S" background. 8 isn't a bell ringer. But changing it wasn't a bad idea or wasted money. Something we do when we get one we don't know the entire history of. I've got Dyson results here where 9 was marked up green with a "Well Done", and some RL samples where 10-20 ppm is part of the antifoam chemistry. I can't imagine what can be gleaned from a single point of data (no trend) without a reference sample (no background), no resample. 

 

 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

Ah! Well, just looking at available samples online seems 2 to 6 ppm is the usual "S" background. 8 isn't a bell ringer. But changing it wasn't a bad idea or wasted money. Something we do when we get one we don't know the entire history of. I've got Dyson results here where 9 was marked up green with a "Well Done", and some RL samples where 10-20 ppm is part of the antifoam chemistry. I can't imagine what can be gleaned from a single point of data (no trend) without a reference sample (no background), no resample. 

 

 

I mainly sampled to take a peek at the wear metals and make sure nothing was eating itself in there. 😆

 

I don’t use that specific oil anyway, so its composition and performance isn’t really relevant. Aside from being a little curious of course!

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18,000 Mile Service

 

Wife's 2014 Buick Verano Leather Group

2.4 Ecotec I-4, 6 speed automatic. 

18,186 miles on unit

3,286.9-miles. OCI (A little over a year).

1 Quart HPL SAE40 EC

3.875 Quarts Red Line HP EURO 5W30

1 Mobil 1 M1C-151A filter.  

 

The HPL was used to make up a shortage of Red Line. Not for cleaning. 

Using the 'looser' Mobil 1 filter for quicker oil pressure on seldom used or started motor. 

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257,000 Mile Service

 

8/7/2024

Dizzy

2015 GMC Terrain 2.4 I-4 LEA

 

1,507-mile OCI

15 ounce of makeup or 9.95 ounces per thousand or roughly a quart in 3,200 miles. 35% lower that last 15W50. 50% lower overall from worst. Four consecutive declines. 

 

Last fill up added a bottle of AMSOIL PI. 

 

4.66 quarts Mobil 1 FS 15W50 (4 quarts and 21 ounces to the full mark. This seems to vary) 

1 Purolator L15436 filter. 

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2022 VW Tiguan (wife’s)

12,503 unit miles, 1,971 mile OCI in 11 months! 😮

 

6 QTs Amsoil Euro 0w20 VW 508/509, Fram Ultra filter out and in.

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8/21/24
2014 Chevy Cruze diesel
122,989 miles
5,000 miles on oil  OLM  @ 3%
AMSOIL Signature Series DHD 5w-30
Wix WL10021 oil filter
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23 Mile Service

 

9/7/2024

Raven

2024 Mitsubishi Mirage G4

3A92 1198 CC MPFI triple, CVT transmission JATCO two speed.

23 miles on unit

23-mile OCI

5W30 Idemitsu (Mitsubishi) 5W30 SP ILSAC GF-6 + 8 Ounces of Red Line Break In Additive. 2260 Phos, 2640 Zinc total. 

Filter Mitsubishi

 

OEM fill was Idemitsu 0W20. Oil change on delivery per my instructions. Additive by my hand. 

 

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261,500 Mile Service

 

9/10/2024

Dizzy

Ecotec 2.4 I-4 GDI, 6 speed automatic

500 mile OCI (fuel dilution) 

4 quarts 5W40 Rotella T6 5W40 + 1 quart CITGO Supergard SAE 30

No filter. 

 

HPFP and intermediate pipe came 9/11/2024

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