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This would be a 2019 Honda Insight. I was curious if anyone had tried this and I didn't expect a full view of the intake side of the valve but maybe just a "glimpse" and perhaps just enough of a glimpse to see if the valves were reasonably clean or heavily gunked up.

Would it be possible to glimpse the intake side of the valves with a borescope sent through the spark plug hole? This would be to see if carbon buildup is a problem.

Because the drive is steady with very little stop and go and almost no hills, the engine is running most of the time. I generally see an EV percentage of 5% or less. Hybrids are best for city driving, although they do provide some better fuel efficiency in rural driving.

I did buy the tool to open up oil filters but unfortunately I had emptied the garage trash can the week earlier so the oil filter was gone :( My other car is a 2019 Honda Insight, which is used only during weekends and road trips. Both cars are getting a round of Valvoline Restore and Protect...

The filter was a Wix XP (51394XP).

A year ago I promised to do a 20K mile test on SuperTech 20K mile 0w-20 motor oil. These are the Blackstone test results. The vehicle is a 2015 Toyota Prius C with 187K miles. This car spends about 90% of its time between 45 - 60 mph and with very little stop and go traffic. It's used...

For an already thin oil like 0w-20 would it make sense to top it off with something heavier, like 0w-30 or 0w-40, to make up for the fact it's thinning as you get closer to your OCI? If an engine takes 4 quarts and you have to top it off with 0.5 quarts, would you choose 0w-30 or 0w-40 to help...

Thanks for the good data point. 30K OCI driven hard gives me confidence that 20K OCI driven easily will work fine. Seems like that will easily get the car past 300K.

Has anyone used a 20K oil and changed it at 20K and done testing on the oil? If so, what were the results? I have a 2010 Honda Insight that I've started using extended mileage oils on (i.e. Mobil 1 15K and 20K, changed at 15K and 20K respectively) since around 90K miles and it's now up to 225K...

Thanks for all your informed answers. Much appreciated!

My neighbor has a 2005 GMC Canyon pickup truck that has sat idle for a year. I've been helping him try to get it running again to diagnose the problem it has. He charged up his battery and tried to start it and it just had a brief groan. Later I hooked up the good battery from my truck and you...

Thank you all. I'll just use the 5w-30 during warmer weather and get new 0w-20 for colder weather.

I live in Washington and generally as cold it might get is the 20's (and maybe a week in the teens). I would like to drive the Insight for as long as possible. If not for the theft of the Integra at 344K miles I think it could have easily hit half a million miles because it was well maintained...

It's a 2010 Insight so it's out of warranty. My inclination is just to use the 5w-30 and if it's anything like the Integra it'll still be going strong at 340K miles. However, I'm not sure if the Insight engine was designed so tight that 5w-30 would cause more wear than the recommended 0w-20.

Thanks for the link to the viscosity calculator. It doesn't accept 0 for a value but inputting the following gives: 50/50 mix at 40C for the low viscosity and 100C for the top viscosity of 0.1w-20 5w-30 yields 1.8w-24 Which seems close enough to 0w-20