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Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette Why so much make up oil (2 quarts) in that amount of miles driven ? If you are asking about a UOA from Bill and oil usage Quote: Here is my latest UOA. 90% hwy / 10% short trips city. Dec 29th till July 18th. Wix oil filter. Added 24 oz @ 4,500 miles and...

Originally Posted By: ZZman I think it does show wear. But what does it really mean is the question? A teardown would be a better indicator but who wants to do that? So if the metals in the oil are not indicators of wear what are they? How did they get in the oil if they didn't wear off the...

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Originally Posted By: LargeCarManX2 As stated before.... Bill in Utah's UOA shows 10K is not a problem with this type of engine. But.. You can not ignore that I used 2 quarts of makeup oil and someone may not. So my UOA is not something I'd go by and...

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah What a load of [censored]. My engine is more "mechanically-sound" than 99% of the engines out there. Your [censored] is just garbage. Your "liquid dirt" just shows how much koolaid you have drunk. How can you spend tens of thousands of $$ when you only...

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah So the 2 OCIs before of syn did not clean out all the sludge (which there was none but let's pretend) but magic Amsoil did? When I give advise, I try to error on the side of being safe. I'd rather give safe then just xx for xx unless it is what the MFG of the...

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maximum OCI that is stated in your owners manual, or start doing UOA

esplain 2 me how a valve rattles? I never have heard that noise. the only time you might hear a valve rattle is when your piston kisses the valve and the head of the valve breaks off and falls into the cylinder bore. ever hear your rings flutter?

Originally Posted By: Drew99GT Originally Posted By: 440Magnum Originally Posted By: lazaro A 402 GM, Ford, Pontiac, Buick, Olds, Honda? Show me a 402 Honda and I'll eat a head gasket with no ketchup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Vmhj_3AVU I love how the whole engine is mounted...

Originally Posted By: Eddie That amount is nothing from what I've observed on my many other cars. I agree that is nominal, I have seen much worse than that. get the oil off your hands in a hurry!

Pablo or Gary Allen can get MANN filters

Amsoil has a light and medium fork oil, I have used both, ask Pablo or Gary Allen for more information

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan Originally Posted By: 440Magnum Originally Posted By: lazaro A 402 GM, Ford, Pontiac, Buick, Olds, Honda? Show me a 402 Honda and I'll eat a head gasket with no ketchup. It's two punched Honda V6. One on the front and one on the back. Sorta like a...

dino oils shed metal like you notice. that is normal buisness for dead plants and animals in your engine. hey that futuristic commercial is cool with the Mustang in the garage still using maxlife and all the flying cars outside flying around

Originally Posted By: addyguy Wear metals seem high. Viscosity and TBN are good, though. high metal reading possibly from residual oil from last oil drain. happens more often than not. let the oil drain for a few days istead of a few minutes. quick drains screw up analysis everytime.

when do you ever get more than you pay for?

Originally Posted By: oilboy123 The shop does not recommend syn oil because they want to sell you an engine sooner.;) Break in on dino then use whatever oil you want. VR-1 is dino oil correct? If it was me I would run a syn oil regardless of what the shop said. I agree 100% the shop builds...

UOA do show engine wear if you read it correctly Iron, copper, lead, aluminium, read in PPM over a period of time will indicate wear or the lack of it. At the begining of engine life metal will shed more than in the middle of engine life, and at the end of engine life the PPM will escalate and...

Originally Posted By: hd2002 This run is 50% short trips and 10-15 minute warm up during winter months. Air filter was replaced with EAA at 26,220 miles. Oil filter is a EAO32. UOA was done by OAI. I use a 50/50 of FP Plus and Bio-Plus injector cleaner at every fill up. Miles on oil...

Originally Posted By: lazaro new oil sample collected with 2000 miles. 8/9 days till I can post results. this UOA was run with a generic oil filter. it was changed with a EAO50. both samples were with the oem air filter. owner just added EAA filter couple weeks ago. lets see whats new! Data...