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Thank you for the detailed reply! My other two cars that I bought new (01 safari & 05 Elantra), i did mobil 1 symthetic & Napa Gold at 5k, rarely was lazy at 7.5k max...I am now selling both vehicles. for the 2 recent used cars, I am at 5k for the accord now and 7.5ish k on mazda 6 (i know its...

Ok...so i see that i should make the switch from conventional to high milage oil for the accord. But should i be upgrading the oil filter? Stores that i have access to are autozone, carquest, napa, orielly What is oci?

I know there are a lot of threads out there about this...over the years i read them and based on what i learned i've stuck to a single oil filter and oil over the years on the cars i bought new. however, now after buying a used car recently, two of them, i started reading and need some questions...

Originally Posted By: minnow101 Long time lurker and first time poster -- please be gentle ! Used Mobil 1 for years. Been doing Blackstone testing on my 2005 Corolla now with 80,000 miles. I changed the filter only at 6000 miles. Blackstones comments were as follows: "You tried a 12,572-mile...

thanks, i will check and see if black stone does this test.

like i said before, this is my first, so excuse my ignorance. i understand that UOA is the oil analysis, but what is TAN or TBN? thanks for the help. i will go 7500 on the next one. i wish i had done the 10k one, but didnt know of this oil analysis at that time.

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite OP- Have you always run Mobil 1? If not, what was the previous oil fill? Is the Hyundai GT a 5 door hatchback that looks like a SAAB? this is the GT hatchback, so its the 5 door. funny you say saab, that is what i thought when i saw one but several of my...

Oil: Mobil 1 Synthetic 10W30 Oil filter: Mobil 1 Sample Date: 1-12-2010 Car: 2005 Hyundia Elantra GT mileage at time of test: 95,000 miles Amount of miles on oil: 5,000 miles Analyzed by: Blackstone Aluminum 2 Chromium 1 Iron 12 Copper 1 Lead 1 Tin 1 Molybdenum 89 Nickel 0 Maganese 0 Silver...