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Is the engine in the spyder that much different from the corolla? I had a 2007 corolla and did UOA religiously on it while I owned it. It did well with all the oil I tried in it. At the end I was just using plain old yellow bottle pennzoil 5w30. It did just as well with PP5w30. If I had a...

Hello, Fellow Topekan, and short commuter checking in. :-). I just moved back to Topeka after being in other places for 12 years. My new commute is almost exactly 2 miles. I drove this everyday for over two months and got fed up with the car not even warming up. I was already using PP5w20 so I...

Before seeing this UOA I was thinking of the previous two UOA that showed trace amounts of fuel. I was curious how the 5w30 version of PP would do. You never know until you try. I was relieved to see there was no trace fuel this time. Maybe I didn't run the engine long enough on the previous two...

Title is correct, put in the wrong viscosity in the chart. This oil change UOA was definitely 5w20 PP. Didn't notice until after it was too late to edit. I was thinking about 5w30 because that is the replacement visc. Sorry.

Here is the latest UOA from my 2007 manual 5 speed corolla. Pretty good mix of city stop and go driving and 70mph highway trips. This last OCI was the second run of purolator white can oil filter, so it was on the car for 11,000 miles. Replaced this with PP 5w30 and a supertech oil filter...

It is a 2007. I find it difficult to draw any conclusions for multiple reasons. Is 2ppm really significant (noise)? Does changing oil chemistry effect reading (previous fill was YB)? Is the new short commute not long enough for the oil to warm up or the fuel to be burned off completely? Is the...

5 speed corolla, Purolator L14477. Didn't feel like buying oil, so used the PP from the stash. Used the last of the PP to replace this. I changed jobs recently, and the last UOA was about half on the new commute. This is the first OCI completely with my new commute which is very short and stop...

I have an 07 5 speed corolla. I have tracked every single tank over the past two years and 30k + miles. I purchased the car 3/25/07 so it has just been over two years. I do see a difference in winter and summer fuels. I noticed this with my last car too. This difference is only about 2-3 mpg...

Latest UOA. 5speed 07 corolla, filter was the purolator L14477. The filter had been on for two oil changes, so roughly 10k miles on the oil filter. I find this UOA interesting because last winter I ran PP 5w20, and this winter I ran regular conventional YB 5w30. I only had one of the cheapy...

I had a 2000 Subaru Impreza rs25 before I got my corolla. I really miss that car. As Bill and others have said, it is an awesome car for snow. Mine also had the HG fixed. They told me that they have revised the HG and they replaced it with a better one. I sold the car to a local guy and had a...

Pesca: Yes it is 5w30. The only time I used 5w20 was when I used PP, all others have been 5w30. Webfors: I agree on the oil filter. The regular white filter seems to be doing great and is priced nicely too. Since I didn't change it at 5001 miles it will be interesting to see how it holds up...

Latest UOA. 5speed 07 corolla, filter was the purolator L14477 (larger white can, not pureOne blue). I left the filter on since it only had 5k miles on it. Last filter was on for 10K and did fine. This was the second run in a row of YB 5w30. Filled the crankcase with the same. Now that I have...

My previous car was a '97 Camry with 5SFE 2.2. I bought it used so don't really know how well the previous owners were regarding the oil changes. I have pictures of what I discovered when I had to replace the valve cover gasket, I think there might be some there of after an ARX run, but it was...

Wow! Didn't expect this many responses. Bill in Utah, "I do have a few questions. 1. Did you notice any MPG increase or decrease between the 5w-20 and 5w-30? Syn vs conventional?" I have tracked everything in a journal. I did NOT notice any MPG difference. Any changes in mileage seem to be...

Hi Bill, I generally agree with most of your comments. When I said I was thinking of going back to PP I was going to extend the run to at least 7500 miles. Is the YB 5w20 more shear stable than the 5w30? The 5w30 obviously did the job it was supposed to, but I don't think I want to try the...