Recent content by VIG

Yeah, definitely not a scientific test by any means and didn’t mean for it to be taken that way. Just posted to let others see what I’ve gotten from my experience with certain products. I will say, in my personal experience, this is one of the cleaner examples I’ve seen on engines of similar...

Don’t know if anyone else gets random ADD moments, but decided to bust out my borescope and pull a spark plug on cylinder 4 and the 1-3-5-7 injector rail and take a look at the top of piston 4 and the backs of the 1, 3, 5, 7 intake valves. Car is a 2018 Charger Scat Pack (6.4 liter) with...

The part number is 5038041AA which is a Napa Gold 7063 which is a Wix 57063. Nothing crazy special, but has more filter media, a better bypass and better quality anti drainback material than the regular OEM filters. Seems to be doing a pretty decent job according to the report and it gives me...

I don’t have a great answer aside from that’s the only M1 0W-40 on the shelves at my Walmart lol

Thank you guys for all of the great info!

Getting towards the higher mileage side and knowing modern pushrod V8’s with cylinder deactivation have lifter issues which then lead to self machining cams, I wanted to know whether I should be looking to trade in or not. The 6.4 engine had 71,433 miles at testing and the oil had 5,956 miles...

First time poster here. I have a 2012 Accent with 6600 miles on it. I changed the factory fill at 4500 to M1 5w20. Has the OP or anyone done a UOA yet??