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I just received my latest oil analysis back from Blackstone Labs for my 2006 Kia Sedona. I'm happy that the Silicon level has gone down over the past couple of oil changes.

Hello everyone, I took my 2006 Kia Sedona into the dealer yesterday for an oil and filter change (and to take an oil sample for analysis). I took in my own Pennzoil Plat. 5W-30. They gave me a really hard time - saying that it was the wrong oil and I should have brought in 5W-20. I told them to...

I'm a little worried about the results of my Sonata's latest Oil Analysis. The analyzed oil was filled at 52097 miles. I had the oil changed and sampled at 59053 miles. On picking up the car, I was notified by the mechanic that coolant was leaking from water pump weep hole (he was doing a...

I took my 2006 Kia Sedona in for an oil change over the weekend, and then sent a sample off to Blackstone Labs for analysis. I was curious to see if the aluminum and silicon levels had dropped since the last analysis 4943 miles ago (see post...

Here's my 2006 Kia Sedona's first oil analysis. The vehicle has 22157 miles on it (I bought it back in Aug 2006). The oil was taken from the 4th oil change (about 3 weeks ago) and it has 7005 miles on it. I'm going to check the air filter tomorrow - I changed it less than 7500 miles ago. The...