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Guys, Just received my Blackstone UOA on my 2013 Cruze with the 1.4L Turbo. Looks good to me. This was the oil I used after I changed the factory fill @ 4261 miles. I have sinced changed to M1 0W-30 AFE. If the next UOA doesn't look as good as this one, I'll be changing back to QSUD. Miles on...

As the title says, I need to change the motor mounts on my 2008 Honda Civic. I'm not impressed with how quickly they went out. The car only has 26,000 miles on it. I'm wondering how difficult a DIY job this will be and what pitfalls I need to be aware of. I imagine I'll need to brace the...

Hi Guys, Bought a 2012 Ford Focus in late November. The dealer I bought it from has a "Maintenance for Life" program, meaning they'll change the oil/filter and rotate the tires every 5,000 miles for free for the life of the vehicle. They use Motorcraft 5W-20 and the great Motorcraft FL-910S...

Good morning everyone, Just got the results back from a UOA I did on my 2011 Kia Sorento. I used ALS Tribology for a change. It's available through NAPA auto for $14.99 here in Tucson, including TBN, so quite a bit less expensive than Blackstone. On to the actual numbers. I'm a little...

Hi Guys, SN oil is slow in getting to Tucson. Checking Walmart, O'Reilly's, AutoZone and PepBoys, I found SN GF-5 MC 5W-20 at Walmart, along with Quaker State Green Bottle and the new Mobil Super 5000 in 5W-30, but no 5W-20 yet. Pep Boys has the SN QSGB 5W-20 as well, but that's it! I'm about...

Hey Guys, I haven't posted since October. Traded in my '08 Impala on a brand spankin' new Sorento. The Impala was the car that I pushed the last OCI to 11577 miles for PYB 5W-30 (10% over the OLM) with great results. Unfortunately, the new Sorento does not have any such aid. I have 5,000 miles...

Good afternoon guys, Here's my latest UOA using the newest PYB 5W-30. Oil in car from May 9-Sept. 20. Temperature range 50-115F. 90% highway driving Tucson-Phoenix. I like the TBN retention, but noted the insolubles were up a tick to .4%, as well as the viscosity thickening a tad, so I...

Good afternoon guys. I was wondering if dropping the transmission pan on the 4L65E transmission in my 2008 Chevrolet Impala (has 54,xxx and has never had the fluid changed) and changing the fluid/filter would be sufficient or would you recommend doing a complete flush using the cooler return...

Hey Guys, I finally got around to doing my first UOA. Ran to within 25 miles of 0% OLM. Driving conditions are as close to ideal as possible. 80-85% highway driving from Tucson to Phoenix. Speeds 65-85mph. Temperature range encountered for Dec 2-May 9 OCI was 25-100F. No warmup idling used...

Hey Guys, Sorry for the stupid question but I'm trying to post a Blackstone UOA pdf. How do I add it to the reply box in BITOG after I've added my comments? I copied it to MS Paint in order to remove my personal info. I tried copying that into the reply box without luck too. I see everyone...

Guys, I just ordered my first Blackstone test kit. Going to include TBN to check the OLM accuracy on my 2008 Chevrolet Impala 3.5L V-6 Flex Fuel engine. What's the best shipping & packaging method to avoid any delay in Blackstone receiving my sample? Thanks, Gary

Good evening fellow BITOGERS :-) I want to use PP in my 2008 Impala with the 3.5L Flex-Fuel V-6. I've used the Chevron 5W-30 dino with great results. It, along with PYB are my two favorite dinos. I like the thin 9.7 cst @ 100C viscosity of Chevron. I presume it probably has an HT/HS of 2.9...

Hey Guys, Subsequent to yesterday's question re: Syntec or PP for my 3.5L Chevy, I started thinking about the GM OLM. My engine only specs dino to comply with the OLM which can go up to 12.5K under optimum conditions. Obviously, per previous posts from others including a GM engineer, the ZDDP...

Hi guys, It's been a while since I last posted. I drive a 2008 Chevrolet Impala with the 3.5L Flex-Fuel engine. I routinely run Pennzoil/Chevron 5W-30 Dino following the OLM down to 0-5% which here in warm Tucson can be up to 12500 miles if all driving is warmed up freeway driving. Although...

Getting ready to change oil in my newly acquired 2008 Chevy Impala with the Flex-Fuel 3.5L V-6. Was wondering if the AC-Delco oil filters on sale at Walmart ($3.67) are the same as you would pick up from GM? And if so, should I upgrade to Wix/Napa Gold/Carquest Blue? Will be slowly increasing...

Good afternoon everyone. Sunny & 64 here in Tucson today. :-) Have a 2008 Impala with the 3.5L v-6 engine. It spec's 5w-30 oil. Question 1: if I decide to try Amsoil non-API oil is the warranty in danger in the event of any problems? Question 2: if I want to try a little lighter oil, like the...

Good morning. Just purchased a 2008 Impala with the 3.5L V-6 with 15K on it. It has the OLM system and unknown oil in it right now. Got me thinking about oil choices for it as well as wanting to do some long-term testing complete with UOA's with various OLM percent oil life as a standard...

Hi everyone. Been a while since I posted. My mom bought a 2008 Honda Civic 1.8L last April. It still has the factory fill in it and will until the one year/15% maintenance due indicator pops up. At her present driving rates she will hit the one year mark first. Okay. I know that Pennzoil Dino...

Got a question concerning long-term use of mixing two viscosities of same oil. Want to get my 40C to 9.0. Pennzoil 5w-20 dino is 8.2. I think (their dino data sheet is being updated) the 5W-30 was around 10.4. 2/3 5W-20 1/3 5W-30 would be appr. 9.0. For a 5K drain would this oil act the same...

Just acquired a 1990 Honda Accord 4cyl with 96K miles. It calls for 5W-30. Wanted to try a 5W-20 oil to squeeze out the best mileage. Mostly short trips. Maybe one forty mile round city/hwy. trip per week. Wondered whether it was safe to try this. No full throttle or high rpm use. Engine is in...