Recent content by STIcandy

o my thoughts were to be able to compare the TBN, and add packs to see how they stack up to one another and then a UOA to see how they shed their properties over a given oci.

I do. It's essentially the same price as the total oil. Although the savings is excellent and not having to recycle so many plastic jugs is great, I want to be sure I'm using a quality synthetic. Unfortunately I couldn't find a recent VOA for the M1 and Total seems not to be very common and as...

I'm probably over thinking this but wouldn't mind everyone's thoughts. So I have been debating for a while between these two oils. Both are ILSAC-GF6A and carry the GM D1G3 and Ford WSS-M2C962-A1 approvals. I've been using the M1 in my 2011 Rav4 with the 2.5 engine for the last 50K and she's...

I'm going to suggest watching the OLM with that prolonged period of idling. It will most certainly adjust for that. In my opinion if you have a intelligent oil life monitor (you do) which takes into account ignition cycle count, oil/coolant temps, mileage, run time etc vs a counter that only...

Thanks for this UOA! I have a 2013 Santa Fe XL with the same 3.3L in it. I plan on running a UOA in the spring after the crappy Canadian winter and see how it held up. Current fill is Motul xclean efe 5w-30 with OEM (Mann) filter.

I agree. I never considered going linger and I think I'll take it back to 10k and try again. But this car sees way too many miles to do sub 10k oil changes

It will be out of warranty in 10k. That and the fact they were already at 15k when they called me for the oil change I figured I may as well test it.

I'll check the PCV system when I have it in next. It's approaching 90,000kms now. I'll change the oil as well as the engine air filter and resample at 100,000kms. It's just terribly hard to believe there is much physically wrong with this car as much as a byproduct of being DI. When they're...

Cbfr3 is correct. It was 80,124 kms on the car 15,131kms on the OCI.

Any advice on where to go from here would be appreciated. I would expect the oil to be in worse condition with that kind of fuel dilution...,

I would! I searched for your analysis but didn't find it. Link? As far as the silicon level I did change the air filter this OCI. I'll have to make sure to have a fresh filter the next OCI I plan to sample.

No on my end it came from (probably the bottom) of a sealed plastic 5L jug after I had filled a car so it should have been mixed up. I assume that would have come from the storage container at the factory....

Right? How do you justify dropping the OCI back down with results like that? From what I've read, these engines are known for fuel dilution.

Yeah there are people here that can reprogram back to zero. At that point I'll put a sticker with the date and mileage on the drivers door jamb and keep driving!

Here is the UOA from my Vibe. 240k kms on the clock. 10k OCI. 80% highway runs. Very happy with the results. However, I expected the TBN to hold up a little better. Was shooting for 15k OCI.