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Originally Posted By: tpitcher Thank you, I did check it out. My 2000 SL2 should stay clean with the prior regiment + my PU runs. I have a slight cam cover leak and may pull it off & replace it. If so, I'll take pics. Then I should do it again in 4-5 years. No way I'm selling this car...

I have owned or maintained a number of S cars over the years. My experiences with the 1.9L S series motors has been all the older ones had ring issues no matter what oil schedule you followed. Early on with my 95, I tried Mobil 1 as Saturn recommended and it did not seem to help. The 2000 - 2002...

Originally Posted By: chubbs1 Great UOA. Why did you change over to 0w30? This 0w20 helb up excellently and the fuel did not seem to make a lick of difference in the wear of this engine. Keep on keepin on! Thanks for the post! You are welcome. I was not sure how the 0W20 was going to look and...

Originally Posted By: ChiTDI Isn't that fuel high? It does seem so but I am not overly surprised. I thought the 8 mile warm up drive before the oil change represented the car's normal short trips and thus would be a good indication of the oil's average state.

Nothing very exciting here. A friends car that I maintain and this is its first UOA. It's the 1.8 2ZR-FE motor. It has had a steady diet of ASM 0W20 and Wix filters since factory fill was drained at about 4k miles. The car sees mostly city and secondary roads. The computer reported average speed...

Very nice. Thanks for sharing that long OCI UOA report.

Thanks for the post, I think it looks pretty good for a FF. You said you rode it for an hour - sedately? I think you will see good results with Amsoil's 10W40 in your Kawasaki - it's all I use in my two wheelers.

I have not seen either an M1 or Purolator for this motor. Like yourself, Pablo, I have no science behind it but my concern is the filter material holding up for more than a couple of years. Having had some nice weather this year for commuting, maybe I can get 8-10k miles in over two years on...

Originally Posted By: Johnny If you riding style is not going to change, I would change the WIX filter every year and continue with what you are doing with the oil. IMHO, other than the SSO 0W-30, their 10W-40 is the best PCMO they make. I assume you are referring to this 10W-40...

Originally Posted By: Pablo Looks excellent. Other than the fuel - trust me it's happened to me as well. Sometimes I just don't warm the engine enough. Very intelligent paragraph of Oxidation number. Most folks here don't understand that. I am a bit surprised the number is relatively low, given...

Been sitting on this data from 3 samples for a couple of months - time to share. Latest sample: The oil went into service in Aug 2008. It saw 3 months of service, 5 months of winter hibernation, 7 months of service in 2009, 5 months of winter hibernation, and then finally 3 months of service...

Thanks REDDOG for the interesting post.

Nice report on dino oil - thanks for sharing that.

Originally Posted By: 2006_Charger_R/T It helps that this engine has a 7qt sump. My 2.2L has a 5qt sump, so 7qt / 5.7L doesn't sound all that excessive. Great report!

Originally Posted By: GMFan I assume this is the SOHC since the original head cracked? I am fortunate to have a later year engine (2001) as they re-worked the rings. Mine only uses 0.6 quarts every 5,000 miles. These engines seem to last incredibly long depending on how they are treated and...