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5 or 6 between that first drain and this sample, most of which were done shorty after purchase between 1000-2000 miles, before going to a 5000 mile interval. Every other fluid has been changed as well at this point, as well as several other minor repairs and upgrades.

I was originally planning to run the Euro FS 0w40, but my work had the supercar in stock that day and I didn't want to make an extra trip to the store. Either way, both are overkill for this application

If further analysis comes back good on the engine, I may go back to HPL, but with extended runs

Link to oil analysis

Second analysis on the Crown Vic after several changes since the last analysis. I will link to previous thread for context on why the first report was so horrible below. It was entertaining to run what I consider to be one of the best commercially available oils, but I cannot justify continuing...

I think its worth 6k, at least, probably 7k. If it had been for sale when I was looking for a car, I would have paid that much for it easily. Of course, when I was looking, it seemed like everything for sale was in terrible condition and overpriced, I was happy to find a rust free, clean body...

I did spread that pleat open, you can get a better idea of the actual pleat spacing from the photos where the filter is still on the filter cutter. There were no media tears

This one was manufactured in China

I opened up the pleat to get a better look for debris, pleat spacing was even before that

Was used on the Crown Vic for a 5000 mile interval with HPL no VII euro 10w-30. Cleanest filter I've seen on this car yet, see my other threads to see how much cleanup has occured. Finally no visible metal, although there was still some black grit, which I assume is carbon. I will be sending the...

The resale is insane, but I can say I totally get the appeal. My wife has had two, the first sadly totalled in a rear end collision, but the new one is even better, it has never been exposed to serious road salt. We plan to keep it for a long time, and use its capabilities. If and when it does...

That fuel pressure seems crazy high, I would investigate that first, that will cause a rich condition, the vehicle is attempting to compensate

Amazing, thank you for sharing

Seems like mostly bad luck, most of this isn't on the OP. A cooling system issue on a 2018 is disappointing but does happen, a bad starter is also just what happens sometimes, not many people replace starter motors preventatively. The ILX not starting because of a dead battery after a month of...

You get my point exactly