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Here's a VOA for the Delo 400 XSP 5w-40 that many jumped on during the AAP blowout & the current Chevron rebate period. Not sure if this should be added to the PCMO or HDMO VOA threads as it's a dual rated oil for SN+ as well as CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4, CI-4 PLUS, CH-4. I will say that it's currently...

Did a thread about these for sale on eBay a few days ago. Cut one open to show they weren’t fakes. Here’s the pics from that thread:

I picked up 4 of these 3pks & can say they work well. At about $10/ea, it’s a pretty sizable discount from this filters standard $16-25/ea sales price online or at Fleet Pride or Cummins. If you have a need for a replacement filter for the Motorcraft FL-820s & want a synthetic media substitute...

So my sample pump blew a seal when drawing a sample & I decided to just do an oil change instead of waiting for new seals or new pump. Wife short tripped this interval for the entire duration with maybe a single decent highway run so I was curious how it would turn out. Looks like 10k OCI even...

Here's an interesting paper I stumbled upon by the State of CA on utilizing high efficiency bypass oil filters & extending oil drain intervals. I did a search here & didn't see it come up so apologies if it's been posted previously...

VOA for the base HPL PCMO 5W/40

Warning was for dirt contamination.

Just did a last minute service on my in laws CR-V with the 1.5T. Wasn’t able to order its usual Amsoil so it got leftover PUP, an extra qt of EC30 that was laying around & a Boss filter. Amsoil SS 0/20 & stated filter came off. One thing I noticed is the filter is of higher quality/build...

My son will turn 16 next March & I’m planning on giving him the 2012 Canyon 2wd 4cyl/auto in my signature. Haven’t had a need for 4wd in several years but with family now living over the mountain from me in Gardnerville, NV, visiting in winter during holidays is just about impossible without it...

So I was curious about a couple different filters. Had heard good things about the Fram Titanium at AAP so picked up a couple 3614’s. Also grabbed a couple Donaldson P551132’s for the same application due to being a fan of their Synteq media from my power plant days. Before cutting anything I...

Since Fram is no longer using their OG "pink" media, what happened to it? Does anyone know of another filter company it's being outsourced to or did it just go the way of the Dodo? It seemed to be a slightly better media than what Champ is using for the current Amsoil, Fram Endurance & Royal...

Here's the base HPL PCMO 5/30 VOA:

Sample from wife's 2013 Fusion 2.0 EB. Iron is higher than expected but she only commutes about 2mi each way & does 95% city driving/short trips. Viscosity is also a bit lower than expected but fuel dilution came in as <1. Will be taking this car on a vacation next week where it'll see >1k mi of...

Wife’s ‘13 fusion 2.0 ecoboost. 184307mi on car. Just a touch over 5k on this oil & filter. Bought this car as a CPO with 20k miles on it. Was my commuter for several years with a 30-35mi (each way) highway commute. Ran Amsoil SS 5/30 on 10k OCI’s through 140k(with an occasional M1 FS 5/30...

@OVERKILL must be sleeping 😂 NOAA has issued a G4(second highest) geomagnetic storm warning that can start as early as 5/10/24 & run through 5/12/24. The most susceptible areas of the BES (bulk electric system) are northern areas with large amounts of igneous rock. This tends to be...

Hey everyone. On another forum I'm on I post up utility career opportunities from time to time. Figured I would put one up here to see if anyone(or their kids) might be interested. PG&E has posted openings for Apprentice System Operators. In this position one will learn to control PG&E's...

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nerc-assessment-new-risk-grid-reliability-energy-policy/691590/ NERC concludes with stressing better communication & education between policy makers, regulators, owners & operators. Policy makers need more education on the BES (Bulk Electric System) before they...

Hello BITOG community. I've been lurking this forum for at least a decade but decided to join a few days ago. Made a few posts in one of @OVERKILL threads and there seemed to be a bit of interest in power system operations so I decided to make an AMA. Was going to do this a couple days ago but...