Recent content by bvl

I used PU in the 370z for 5 years with a 6mo OCI, then post SOPUS GTL its been gone from wally world. Amazon will put things on sale and I got a few cases of quarts for a fair price and started a stash, then a 5qt popped up. If you have Prime its all to easy to just toss it in the cart Wally...

Originally Posted By: Joshua_Skinner I have a 2015 model year Nissan Frontier with the 2.5l QR25DE engine. I intend to keep this vehicle for a very long time, but with moderate annual mileage. I tow occasionally and haul things, but most use is a 30 mile commute between my small town and a...

Originally Posted By: skyactiv I owned an 07' WRX I bought new and sold with 136K on it. I have some UOA's posted on here. The only issue I had with my car was the clutch slave cylinder going out. I went to a Perrin map stage 2 tune around 61K and my car did mid 13's in the 1/4 mile. I ran...

Originally Posted By: Dwight_Frye I accidentally used Pennzoil Ultra 5W-30 Euro L Formula which is designed for diesel engines in my last oil change. My car is an '09 Nissan 370Z with the VQ37 engine and now has a little over 50K miles. I have been doing 5K OCI's since new, previously using...

Turbo timers are so 80's I am not sure about the FA engine design but the EJ's used a gravity based system that helped coolant circulate around the snail after shutdown. Oil and water cooled turbos are far more advanced then folks give them credit for: its pretty hard to cook them. The...

Nothing is wrong with what you are using either. 'Better' is really such a subjective term around here. This is a street car. M1 likes to get bashed on the intertubes but that tends to happen when you are one of the top companies in anything. My B18C5 loved its regular M1 for 145K (and a few...

I think everyone will feel better if we simply call them what they are: clerks. Just like there are a few clerks out there who are very good at their jobs, the vast majority would rather be watching TV and can be swapped out between the dealership and the Kwik-e-Mart with no change in...

My UOA is in the diesel forum. Search for 335d or just me. Given all the open SOPUS jugs at Walmart I have wondered if i used a 5w30 ultra container that I filled with m1 0w40 if the dealer would even notice. My other ride is a 370z I want to run m1 in though the ultra has done fine. The ll04...

Thanks for clarifying for me Charlie. Do you have a UoA trending posted? I searched the forum for some keys but found nothing. Your EGR is different then the 3 series (unrelated to OCI, but perhaps carbon build up issues we seem to have). My only UoA of factory Castrol came back with TBN 1.8...

Originally Posted By: M3m3x5 Hello all, new guy here. We just purchased a 2015 BMW x5 35d. BMW gives free oil changes every 10k miles and they use the Castrol Professional OE 5w-30 (a LL04 oil). I'm of the old school that puts more stock in heavier oils and since the diesel is tougher on oil...

Originally Posted By: A_Harman It's actually dropped about 5% into the 20 grade, but your previous UOA's were in the 30-grade. Did you do any driving that was more aggressive than usual in this OCI? Not particularly. 80+% of miles are highway running between 2500-3200 RPM in 6th. I'm not...

Originally Posted By: dparm To be clear, OP, does Nissan REQUIRE that oil, or is it simply recommended? The wording is very important. When they came out with the new DLC coated valve train, it could be a bit noisy. Nissans response: check out this great oil which will quiet the valve train...

Another clean run on 'old' PU for the fussy Nissan VHR. Correct me, but looks to be shearing to the bottom of a 30w but 7K on it is fine with me. Lead back to normal. - b Code: OIL PU5w30 PU5w30 PU5w30 PU5w30 PU5w30 MILES IN USE 7K 4.3K 7.3K 6.3K 6K MILES...

Schedule 1 is 3750 where as schedule 2 is 7500, both within 6mo. I have posted a few of my 2010, one run was close to 7500. PU has worked well so far. I suspect PUP should too but it will take at least a year I think until we start seeing enough reports to compare. My PU stash is dwindling...

It is good stuff. Lots of good stuff out there for us to choose from. I am now using M10w40 in my 2002 WRX (which cheerfully ran M1 5/30 for 100+K miles, despite subaru fan boy chicken little syndrome). Large sump certainly helps with extended intervals no doubt. Its a wee 2.7L engine yet 8...