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Incase it's too small to read, Aluminum: 2 Chromium: 0 Iron: 7 Copper: 3 Lead: 6 Tin: 2 Molybdenum: 279 Nickel: 0 Manganese: 0 Silver: 0 Titanium: 0 Potassium: 2 Boron: 139 Silicon: 13 Sodium: 2 Calcim: 3723 Magnesium: 13 Phosphorus: 1254 Zinc: 1646 Barium: 0 SUS Viscosity @ 210'F: 76.2 cSt...

Previous reports can be seen here at 93k miles (5,750 OCI), 98k (5,300 OCI), and 105k miles (7,000 OCI) A fair amount of towing again, a few hundred near max tow rating. Several 25 mile commute trips to work as well. Truck is now sporting 35" tires instead of 30.5" Wix air and fuel filter (air...

Last report can be found here on a 5,300 mile OCI: HERE Blackstone/their analysis suggested to go longer and the results are below of a 7,000 mile OCI. Truck hasn't been pushed too hard for a 3/4 ton. A few long trips, several 25 mile highway trips to work. Pulled a few car trailers and other...

I do monitor exahust temperature, I have an EGT probe pre-turbo. The highest temperature the exhaust has seen is 1,250' F, and only for short periods, towing through the mountains. < 1,000' F is much more common. I am now at 5,500 miles on the current Delo 400 / Wix filter, I plan to drian and...

If the wear metals stay low, what is a (very) safe TBN limit? At $8.50/gallon for oil (2.5 gallon capacity) and near free wix filters, I guess i'm still hesitant to go much past 7k miles when it only costs $22 to change it. Epsecially when I factor in that it is a $10k engine.

Last report can be found here, by a lesser quality lab: http://theoildrop.server101.com/forums/s...ge=2#Post583483 Truck hasn't been pushed too hard for a 3/4 ton. A few long trips, several 25 mile highway trips to work. Pulled a few car trailers and other light loads on this oil. Delo 400...

How much $ are we talking for this setup? I have alread acquired 2 cases of the wix oil filters at an excellent price. The chip is set to level 2 of 5, and there are much stronger programmers out there for the duramax. If soot is a concern with this small boost in power than i'd hate to see an...

I don't understand the % either. I was thinking that 100% might be some threshold that you should stay under. The evaluation/recommendation states: normal results, resample at next service interval. The filter minder by the airbox moved to 75% remaining, so I replaced it with a napa gold (wix)...

3,100 miles of the 5,750 were towing ~7,500 lbs. car trailer from MI to ME and back, though mountains of Vermont. A few hundred towing pontoon boat, and lighter loads. Miles were accumulated in 6 weeks, with 3,100 accumulating in 8 days. 50-100'F ambient temp. I would like to get some feedback...