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I don't post on here much because most of my questions have already been answered before I get to ask them. I will say this though, especially to any new members, you follow the recommendations on this board, and your engine will never die (unless you beat the hell out of it). This board brings...

Just received my UOA from Blackstone. Little history on the truck, I bought it new, sat for the last 3 years until I recently gave it to my son and placed it back in service after a FULL maintenance. I ran a bypass filter on it since new but took it off for this OCI so my son wouldn't have to...

A few pictures of a MO-285 Mopar filter after a 15k OCI in a Cummins 6.7 with 153k miles. I've opened up a few already with the same OCI and they've all looked the same. I know that I've read a few threads where a few people have suggested that these shouldn't be run this long but, I don't agree...

Sample is off a 2013 Ram 2500 with a Cummins 6.7. I've been running T6 5w-40 in it with a MO-285 Mopar filter since new. 13k OCI on this one. I've read a few posts on here suggesting that the MO-285 filter shouldn't be used for a long OCI and I have to disagree. I recently sent in a fresh...

2019 Subaru Crosstrek with a 2.0 H4. Ran Mobil 1 5w-30 EP for 9,200 and sent out the sample. As you can see here, fuel dilution came back high so I went back to my 5-6k OCI after this report. Silicone also came back high and the only thing I can attribute this to is the Carquest air filter that...

I sent in 4 samples a two weeks ago (2012 & 2013 Port and Starboard)and this is the first one to come in for the starboard engine taken in 2012. I'm no expert but at least to me, it doesn't look bad. I was however, expecting Mobil 1 to hold up better and not shear down like it did and the sodium...

This is the second UOA I've done on my truck and I had Blackstone include a TBN and particle count on this one. This OCI was about 60% highway and from the looks of things, I should have run the oil a little longer. This truck also has an Amsoil BMK-13 by-pass installed and the particle count...

I've had a BMK-13 installed in my 06 F-150 for about a year now and after the first UOA, I was expecting to have lower wear numbers. I mean the report wasn't bad but I was expecting better because my wife has a Dodge Caravan with a 3.3L with no by-pass, just Pureone filters and her UOA have come...

I own an 06 Ford F-150 with a 5.4L and it's using about .5 quart of oil every 5-6k of Mobil 1 5w-30 (not EP). I know this consumption can be considered normal but coming from an 01 Toyota Tacoma with the 3.4L that didn't use a drop, I'm wondering if I can do something to stop this?

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This is the second UOA I've had done on this engine and the first was using PP 10w-30. This OCI was about 50% highway but this engine usually sees about 85% city with long periods of idling. I did notice that iron went up a bit from the last report but I'm guessing this is due to Mobil 1's...

I'm having a hard time picking the right oil for my 05 Yamaha Grizzly 660 and I'd like to know if any of you can help me out. Right now I've narrowd my choices down to either Amsoil Powersports 0w-40 or Mobil 1 Racing 4t 10w-40. I'm pretty sure that either oil will serve my purpose well but was...

Can any of you tell me how long you're keeping your by-pass filters on without changing? I know that Amsoil says that I have to change it every other full flow change but since I'm only doing 8k OCI's at the most, I was thinking on keeping the filter on there for about 24k or so. I've read about...

If anyone's interested, I just posted the results of my first UOA on my F-150 with the by-pass filter installed. At first I was worried because of all the posts I read concerning the reduction in flow and drop in pressure that might be linked to this unit but none of this is taking place on my...

Here's the first UOA I've done on my F-150. I first changed the oil at 1k miles then again at 2k and that's when I installed an Amsoil BMK-13 by-pass filter and did the switch to Mobil 1 5w-30. This is only the second UOA report I've received so I'd appreciate it if some of the more experienced...

I just installed an Amsoil dual by-pass system on my truck that also relocates the FF. But the FF that the kit requires uses 3/4" threads instead of the 22mm that the truck originally uses. So I'd like to know if the reduced size of the center hole on the filter I'm using now will flow less than...

This is the first oil analysis I have ever had done and it was done on my wifes 2005 Grand Caravan V6. Right now it has a total of almost 18k miles and she drives it about 10k or less a year. The car does idle quite a bit and it is mostly only driven in the city with maybe 30 miles a week of...

After reading so much here on by-pass systems and their advantages I went ahead and installed an Amsoil BMK-13 Dual mount on my 06 F-150 today. So my question is this, I already drove the truck a few miles an everything appears to me ok. I have no leaks and my the oil pressure gauge that came...

In about a week or so I'm planning on installing a by-pass set up on my 2006 F-150 5.4L. At first I was thinking about getting Amsoil's BMK-11 set up but now I decided I'm going to buy the BMK-13 set up mainly for ease of installation and it will make my oil changes a lot easier by relocating...

I'm thinking about installing an Amsoil by-pass kit in my 2006 F-150 and I'd like to know if there would be any long term advantage to it? I'm thinking about keeping this truck for at least 10 years but I've also managed to get more than 250k out of some cars just using a regular full flow...