Recent content by bob_johnson354

When it had the 160 PPM of silicon I had the valve cover gaskets replaced and actually the filter was a K&N oil filter

Well look what I found: Intake hose going into my throttle body on the right side was crooked. No idea how or when that happened... Maybe explains the Si. Also I had them send me the Aluminum reading looks like they forgot to put it

I emailed them about the AL reading. I'm not sure why it's not there

I don't rev it lol I slowly increase rpm from around 1,800 to around 2,300 rpm for a second or two and then let it idle to warm up all the way

Also I run 5w-30

Okay well it doesn't get that cold here probably 40° F in the mornings but I say that because of an issue the 1mz has with oil not reaching the head fast enough causing some ticking. This ticking goes on in the head until the engine gets some rpm. It happens every so often so I've started giving...

Thanks for the quick replies! One thing is that in the previous oil analysis lead was going up around 1ppm per thousand miles and has increased to 1 PPM per 800 miles. Here I'm just trying to understand is it wear from small bits of oil starvation, bad cold starts, or just driving at high rpm in...

Hello I drive a 1999 Lexus Es300 with a 1mz-fe v6 and recently just got my oil analyzed. The lead in my oil jumped from 4 to 7 ppm. My copper is consistent but a bit high at 9ppm and has been increasing from 3ppm 15k miles ago. The motor has 67k miles on it right now. I also drive this car hard...