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Off a customers car. Approximately 2k miles on M1 5w20 and 2 years on. It took quite a bit of effort to remove it, hence the damaged can. Replaced with Valvoline 5w20 and Napa Proformer 21348MP which is China made.

My 1988 or 89 MTD is starting to turn into swiss cheese. My dad bought it new, used it as back up mower until I bought my house 12 years ago then I took it. Deck on the other side (I forgot to take a pic of the rot) is just falling apart. Anyways, I wanted my own from new so I grabbed this at...

Off my 2006 Toyota Highlander with 3546 miles of run time on HPL pcmo 5w30 oil. Changed at 177,502miles. The HPL actually had another 900 or so on the oil. As expected, looks amazing/barely used. Replaced with a Parts Plus PH2538EX and fresh sump of HPL pmco 5w30. I didnt bother cutting the...

From my 2010 Yaris sedan 1nzfe. 2680miles over 10months. Reason for the odd short interval is to put my OCIs back on the "5"s car was at 194959 miles plus I want to have a "pure" HPL current OCI to 5k and have it tested to see how my current driving treats it. If that makes any sense. As...

Off my turbo 5efe Tercel autocross car for last season which I did not run a full normal season. 1783 miles. Using HPL Pcmo 5w30. I did have a turbo failure halfway thru. Top cap fell off. Glue not fully covering pleats. I tried looking with a light...no obvious thru holes yet. Bunch of...

Off my 1nzfe swapped Tercel. Approximately 2800miles on oil and filter. I unfortunately forgot to note the starting mileage or accidentally deleted the info. No surprises. Looks good. Occasional carbon flakes. Didnt really need to bother cutting the element all the way out. Wicked for 4...

My wifes 2018 Fit sport has just over 60k now. The last couple years it started a rattle, typically after a long parked cold start. I figured it was vtec related. Decided to do some digging and yes its apparently the VTC gear. After more digging I am getting conflicting answers if it was...

I have to run a remote filter due to interference with my steering box. I may be overthinking this. A lot of the goal of this car is hopefully long road trips, multi-state trips. So my thoughts are I do not want it where debris or even a potential minor accident may leave the motor without...

Off my wifes 2018 Honda Fit. 4800miles on Valvoline RnP 0w20. Another A02 went on with VEP 0w20. No dramas or surprises. Little bits of carbon but no vast amounts. Car has 60k now and lived mostly on Valvoline products.

Off my customers Stagea. The HPL has been in for around 4000km, filter in approximately 2500-3000km. Oil was really black for the given age. This motor has 262600km on it and had/has alot of carbon built up. Everything looked well. All the louvers were clearly open and the media seemed to...

From my mothers 2018 Rav4 2arfe with 80k. The duration was 5k via factory maintenance minder give or take hundred or so miles. Looks great was all straight before I forced the pleats open to gander. Wicked for 3 days. Another ST9972 went on and a 30/70 mix of VRP 0w20 and Total Ineo 5W30 (I...

Off my 3mz Highlander, currently on its first full run of HPL 5w30 pcmo. Previously ran ec30 and found essentially no carbon https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/champ-xl-ph2835xl-cnp.386207/#post-6981049 So I think this motor is pretty clean. I did valve cover gaskets about 4 years ago...

Off my Highlander 3mz. 3570 miles, 1550 miles with EC30. There was essentially nothing in the media after wicking and cutting out. Maybe a handful of loose carbon flakes. So I didnt even bother taking those pics.

I personally have 6 cars. I used to love having multiple redundant cars to always be able to get to work. However, I currently work for myself for the last 8 years and no longer have the 32k a year commute that demanded a good mileage, reliable car. My typical yearly commute is 5k. And...

Came off my wifes 2018 Honda Fit last month, I do not have exact mileage as I was rushing and forgot to do the math, but it was changed early at 30% on the MI. So maybe like 6000miles? Oil used was Total Quartz 0w20. A Honda genuine filter went on with VRP 0w20. As expected, no suprises.

Just installed an oil temp gauge in my autocross car. Its in the bottom of the sump. Took it for a ride last night to see where it wants to be and it stays between 150-160⁰. Even when I let it sit and hot idle for 15min at a friends house it only got to 160⁰. Came down to 150-152 nearly...

Was used for my winter oil change on my autoX Tercel. 975miles of Total Quartz 5w30. A Champ XL and Redline 5w40 went on. Looks like a **** fine filter. Unfortunately my Napa doesnt stock em anymore otherwise. Wicking the media will update tomorrow. Also surprised the magnets found some...

I literally just put some MT90 in my Yaris c50 transmission that has a TRD clutch type LSD...and now I am worried. I thought I had read it was fine to use with an LSD but after reading the bottle (after pouring it in, doh!) I see nothing on it about LSDs. I have the same stuff in my AX car...

Off my 2010 Yaris 1nz with currently 192k with the bulk of its early life using 0w20 Amsoil SS at 15k intervals until around 140k then I started doing 5k intervals on SuperTech 0w20, and recently the High milage flavor. I did not expect much but I wanted to see after 500miles of approximately...

Had a little whoopsy in my daily Yaris Monday morning. Short story I hit ice and went into a ditch that was full of rocks. Car drives fine after switching tires around (has an LSD so I cannot run a donut up front) I think the control arm is tweaked. The biggest problem is getting the rocker...