Recent content by timeau

Thank you! Very informative. TAN almost twice higher than TBN for just 5k miles, where 70% is highway driving. I would not use this oil longer than you did, may be even dump it after 4.5k. Definitely not a long run oil. P.S. I am still insisting that UOA without TAN useless. Pure illustration...

The TAN value does not look right for me. I would ask to retest it. I don't believe that even initial TAN is 0.25.

Update. Sample has been retested twice and new values of TAN were 3.9 and 4.1, which is much more reasonable, IMO. Thanks everybody!

Originally Posted by SubieRubyRoo High TAN in a VOA is likely caused by esters. No, this is pure hydrocracking-based oil (Group III), just found this out (in Russian) I've sent a request to Blackstone to comment or reprocess the sample. Will see.

Hi guys! This is a UOA of my 2013 Camry V6. Please, pay attention on highest TAN value, being honest, I've never seen anything similar. In this case OCI was 6700 miles, that includes 4800 miles of pure highway driving to/from Canada. Oil has been bought on Amazon and changed by myself. Whole...

Originally Posted by WyrTwister Wonder if Shell has a refinery in Russia or if Shell is just marketing this oil . There is a refinery

Guys, the oil usage interval is 12k km, so this is about 7500 miles. Gubkin, I was your neighbour, 400 km to the west from Samara, you know the city there. So I would decrease the oil usage interval to 8000 km in any case. Next time I would recommend to pay a little bit extra and find out what...

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Originally Posted by Reggaemon I'm using both the Pirelli Cinturato P7+ and the Michelin Premier size 205/55-16 H rated on two Subaru Imprezas. The Pirelli is quieter and smoother riding. The Michelin is much better on wet roads and handles better on dry roads. Great info, I appreciate this...

Originally Posted by Voleak Since your willing to consider other tires besides what you listed, I will continue to recommend the Nokian Entyre 2.0. A great tire for resisting hydroplaning. A very quiet tire on most surfaces. Very high quality product with a nice sporty nature to it; not mushy...

Originally Posted by MParr Stay away from the RT43s, that's my real world experience. I put a set of Goodyear Eagle Sport on my wife's KIA Optima. They have been great. They are far quieter than the OE Kumho KH25. Wet traction is good. Could you clarify what was wrong with RT43, please? Also I...

Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog 215/55-17 Since you already use winter tires, then you do not need all-season tires. You should consider grand touring summer tires. These will give you the best ride. No, I would not like to use pure summer tires. I am not too greedy, but summer tires...

Originally Posted by Bebop367 We have two Camry's with Michelin Premier A/S now and they are great tires. Thank you for reply. Are these Michelins quiet? Are they stiff? How long did you use them?

Originally Posted by Astro14 A similar tire in intent (very high performance, but all season capable) is the Michelin Pilot AS-3+. Very high performance. Great traction and handling. Quiet. But they don't last long on my MB (which, to be fair, has a ton of horsepower and gets pushed in corners...

Hi guys! Need to change tires on my 2013 Camry V6. Currently I have Conti DWS 06, which are fine, but too harsh and too noisy, IMO. It became almost impossible to listen radio cruising on highways now. So I am choosing between Serenity Plus, P7 Plus Cinturato and Michelin Premier. Tire size is...