I like the wearcheck kits from HPL. Blackstone to me is fine if all you care about is wear metals but their viscosity measurements can be all over the place compared to other labs and they estimate fuel dilution based on flashpoint. Other than that their wear metals and additive counts seem to...
Pretty much what i was thinking to, the only thing odd i did during this run was the night before i changed the oil i was at a carshow cruise night and idled thru town for about an hour and definitely goosed it more than a few times lol! Not sure if maybe the throttle blips and letting off right...
i imagine if its an ilsac flavor all these manufacturers will slowly start to introduce a dexos 0w-30 since GM trucks will have a large need for 0w-30. Maybe engines like the 2.7turbomax will move to 0w-30 as well