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This oil is selling like hotcakes, I was at an Autozone dumping my 16 quart container of used oil. On entering the backroom I saw over a dozen of used empty VRP jugs over one of the oil dump steel containers. Should have taken a photo.

Have you considered HPL? If its the cleaning abilities from the high solvency base oils you are after, they are a viable alternative to Valvoline Premium Restore Blue and then some... Just have look at their website on their Heavy Duty Motor Oil lineup. https://www.advlubrication.com/

At 22,000 miles, the engine is still breaking in so wear metals are going to be elevated, for the mileage driven this doesn't look bad IMO. KV100 of 8.3 shows the oil is still in within 20 grade. I'd probably jump a grade and use 0w-30 / 5w-30 would be a safety cushion against fuel dilution...

Yep, these filters are goated! A few days ago, I cut open an old stock of a larger size of these and are overbuilt on the inside.

Would have left it on longer, yeah. Your motor is running clean but you might pick up some stuff on the same filter if left on longer, which I have noticed running both the Engine Cleaner and HPL oil. Good to see the magnets are working.

Yeah they probably looked at the iso code for the first 3 particle size range and called it normal without the looking at the entire range across. The larger particle size range quantity was also within normal cleanliness limit which is why they didnt mark it as severe or abnormal. I will be...

I'd say most automotive spin-ons aren't compatible as a transmission filter, even a 8 PSI bypass would still be a lot for a transmission to handle. I looked at Donaldson and Baldwin examples and seeing bypass differential ranges within the 3 to 5 PSI range. Using an PH8A sized filter is...

leave in til 5K or until the Maintenance Light reminder lights on. Just swap the filter half way and top off if you are concerned. Just my honest opinion and course of action. Check the dipstick often per XXX miles driven.

For someone as him who is very unbiased as far goes my observing judgement. Concerns and educated discussion about fluid in service degradation is a very valid topic of discussion. It may not mean much to the untrained eye or consumer but in industrial equipment industry its just as valid as...

I did get a second opinion yesterday night from someone who is a maintenance manager at a plant who regularly do equipment oil analysis and he was surprised at the ISO 4406 oil cleanliness rating for an oil sample that came out of a gasoline engine, which typically are dirtier than hydraulic...

Got a couple of these this morning on clearance too. Unfortunately one had drop damage on the dome, for 5 dollars and the sake of science to measure the bypass opening pressure I couldn't complain haha. A little excess glue on the media but surprisingly rust free and still had anti-rust coating...

Given the vehicle age, and reported fuel dilution. I would try running a short interval with some fuel system cleaning additives for several tank fills with some long road trips weekly to see if that helps. GDI engines in general will suffer injector spray coking overtime when too often short...

That is something we both can't see unless the specimen provided for closer examination to make an educated answer/guess. We know the documented driving conditions in the said video, we saw something that look like developed into a brittle failure mode. Heck we don't even really know if the...

Reason why filter inspections are just as important when undergoing extended drain trials. Although in my case and per HPL recommendation of a new filter swap per 5K interval while keeping the oil in the sump is a safe observation practice. In this particular case WearCheck particle count...

Not sure where or who division of Toyota is responsible for the Tacoma's suspension design. If it was me tasked, I would have recommend heavy gauge stamping with appropriate post treatment or forged steel part design that could survive cyclic loading of the strut spring assembly top cap...

Told you so, BiTOG is beyond normal! You'd be surprised in the gaming segment how much money content creators make from ad revenue when video game guide videos with embedded ad plays. Its the reason that encourages them to make fairly long guide videos but not too excessively long to avoid...

Fairly certain these days Youtube ad revenue and ad play segments embedded is tried to video length so it make sense for a content creator to make long videos.

Maybe @wwillson can chime in too since he's done very long service runs on HPL although, his experience is more on the HDEO side of things. Reading up his topics and experience on extended drains might give some insight. The oil that came out if you saw the filter pull pictures from the oil...

Here is the filter element close up after 2 day of drying. Dont see any buildup or hints of filter clogging.

Honestly im not even aware what the oxidation service limits on this oil. @BrendanC report on a truck reported similar oxidation valves at just running close to 12k on the oil. its been very hot the past few months where we see ambient temperatures in the high 90s and low 100s in the region...