I went to autozone to buy some mobil 1 oil for my Mazda Miata. They had a special 5 quarts of mobil 1 and mobil 1 filter for 24.95. I selected the M-104 which is what my Honda Accord uses and I have used for my Miata 2001 model. It is oversized for the miata but the Pureone in this size has...
Looks like a good report that the sodium is an additive. Nice information for all of us to have. Looks like you have no problems with this engine and it is breaking-in just fine. Thanks for letting us know about the sodium.
Everything looks great but you should be able to go longer with the EP. Lead is close to normal. My lead always runs a little more than most people. I think I lug the engine trying for good milage. This is on a straight drive Miata. Gives great milage but my lead is always about 4ppm after...
Excellent improvement on your last UOA. Keep doing what you are doing as it is working. My guess is a thrust washer was not quite right but time is wearing it in just fine. My accord burns zero oil at 200,000 so I am surprised by the oil consumption. Howeve mine is the 4 cyl so its apples to...
I have had no problem with anything sent reg mail. If you send it priority you are asking for problems because it gets handled seperately which is what causes the problem. I sent a bill priority and it took 8 days. Sent it regular mail next time and it took 3 days. Send all my samples regular...
No TBN on this run but the last run was 3.0 after 12,000 miles. It had more wear metals so I backed up to 10,000 which I think is close to the limit for this oil for me. Probably a good interval for anyone with a clean running engine without problems.