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    Noack Volatility between 9% and 10% sub-par, acceptable or optimal in a TGDI engine?

    And even with all of this, the low-tension rings, DI, 0w-20 and lower oils, etc we are still getting good life out of our engines, especially the types of people like us that gather here and are wild about maintenance. Hell, I’ve seen vehicles that get quick lube treatment “when the owner...
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    Noack Volatility between 9% and 10% sub-par, acceptable or optimal in a TGDI engine?

    This. I cleaned my PCV valve at 59k when I first got the outback and it was a little dirty, sludgy. Since then I have run Amsoil or HPL and at 174k miles the PCV is just as clean as the first time I cleaned it. Less goo in the intake is a win.
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    2026 CB750 Hornet; 951km Factory fill, pro Honda 10W30 - used oil analysis

    That doesn’t sound worth it to me, sounds like a Honda “gotcha.” They get your money for paying them to do super simple maintenance on a brand of bike that is super reliable. If something should go wrong 9 times out 10 it’s well within the standard warranty period. I also may be a bit biased...
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    Mobil 1 ESP 0w30 engine cleaning results

    Nice results, thanks for posting. Are you going to do some filter cuts to see if the ring area could also be getting cleaned up?
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    New AMSOIL Signature Series formulation rolling out

    Absolutely not.
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    2007 Kawasaki 610 700 hrs; Valvoline 4-stroke ATV/UTV 10W-40, 191 hrs - used oil analysis

    I stand corrected. Never even looked at what blackstone gave me for fuel dilution when I did use them.
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    Switching from 0w-20 to 0w-30 experience

    Sounds like the solution is a lube with higher quality bases to resist that better.
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    2007 Kawasaki 610 700 hrs; Valvoline 4-stroke ATV/UTV 10W-40, 191 hrs - used oil analysis

    I thought Blackstone doesn’t do reliable fuel dilution? Can that number be trusted?
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    Where can you buy 10w-40 restore and protect oil?

    For sure, and there is still marketing involved here, it has just proven to be true over the last several years. Don’t have to look far on this forum alone to find a Valvoline Restore and Protect success story. So marketing “foopah” or not, it works.
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    New bike - Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid

    I’ve been watching this bike for awhile and all of your cons are what I was thinking too. Didn’t pull the trigger because of them, yet I really want this setup to work! Perhaps Kawi will keep refining it, hopefully. How does the weight feel? It’s not light that’s for sure.
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    Carquest Premium cut open after 3K miles of Valvoline Restore and Protect

    Nice! That oil is doing work! Thanks for the cut.
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    Where can you buy 10w-40 restore and protect oil?

    How is it marketing “foopah,” as you say?
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    Oil Strategy To Prevent Carbon Piston / Ring Deposits ?

    Run Valvoline restore and protect, Amsoil, or HPL, the correct fuel if DI/turbos are involved, and run it with confidence that your rings will remain free.
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    Oil Strategy To Prevent Carbon Piston / Ring Deposits ?

    And still got nasties in the rings?
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    Oil Strategy To Prevent Carbon Piston / Ring Deposits ?

    No.
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