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Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog Yay no tears! What were the date codes on them? The filter from the Saturn was made 9/25/2018, and the one from the Ford was made 12/21/2018.

Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog Yikes that looks terrible! Already wavy after only 50 miles What did you replace it with? I replaced it with a Wix XP (which has the correct bypass setting) and filled it with Castrol Edge EP 0W-20. Over 75% of the 5,000 miles I've put on it have been EV...

Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog Is each OCI the one suggested by the minder? No, the oil is changed before the OLM says it's time. The oil gets changed to XW-30 in the summer for track days and 0W-20 over winter when the car doesn't see the race track. However, the filters are always used...

This filter was on a 2017 Chevy Volt when purchased used and probably has fewer than 50 miles on it. The car was overfilled by two quarts when I got it, so I didn't trust any of the other work they'd done to it and changed everything at once for a fresh start.

The first filter was used on a 1997 Saturn SL1 SOHC for about 3,000 miles over the course of 12 months. Oil was Havoline High Mileage. Here's the second filter. It was used on a 2002 Ford Windstar 3.8L for about 5,000 miles over the course of 9 months. Oil was Castrol GTX...

The first filter was used for about 12,000 miles over the course of 12 months on a 2011 Honda CR-Z. Here's the second filter. It was used on the same car for about 9,000 miles/10 months, including about 600 miles on the race track.

Originally Posted By: pbm Are those Continental tires? The thread looks familiar. They are indeed. I've been really happy with the TrueContact, especially in the rain.

This filter is off of a 2002 Ford Windstar. It was in use for 3,400 miles over the course of one year. The filters that come off of this van are always coated in very fine particulate... Underneath the valve cover is spotless.

Honda mower (GCV160) Out: Valvoline MaxLife Full Synthetic 10W-30 In: Havoline High Mileage Synthetic Blend 10W-30 Honda inverter generator (GC190) Out: Valvoline MaxLife Full Synthetic 5W-30 In: Havoline High Mileage Synthetic Blend 10W-30 Makita blower (24.5cc MM4) First fill: Havoline High...

I've been trying to reduce the oil consumption on a 2008 Grand Caravan 3.8 for the last few years. The PCV valve can cause oil consumption on these engines, but it made no difference to oil consumption on my particular engine when it was replaced. From my experience, different high mileage oils...

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix My bet is the debris falls out and settles from gravity when the engine is off. Spinning the filter off may make it hard to determine exactly what's going on if the debris shifts while the filter spins off. I suppose that's a possibility. However, the filter is...

That's a good idea. I'll start marking the orientation of the filters before I remove them. Maybe there will be some sort of a pattern. It will be interesting to see where the majority of the debris collects in the FL400S that I just installed.

That was on the bypass end of the filter. A large portion of the debris that the filter caught had collected between the pleats that encompassed about 1/4 of the filter's circumference on the bypass side of the filter. My best guess as to why that happened is that the pleats on that side of the...

Originally Posted By: BlueOvalFitter Have you ever thought about doing a piston soak? I've considered it, but I haven't decided if it's worth the cost/risk yet. I've heard everything from piston soaks making a huge improvement to oil consumption getting worse with these engines. I'm also a bit...

I use 5W-30 if I'm using PCMO and 10W-30 if it's HDEO.