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There is around 184k miles on this. The oil is an unknown 5w30 (car was recently bought at auction): Iron (Fe) 17 Chromium (Cr) Lead (Pb) Copper (Cu) 3 Tin (Sn) 2 Aluminium (Al) 6 Nickel (Ni) Silver (Ag) Titanium (Ti) Vanadium (V) Silicon (Si) 5 Sodium (Na) 8 Potassium (K) Magnesium (Mg)...

Has anyone heard of this oil tester product? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3085...ar?ref=category

Here is a slightly different question - I am trying to figure out the concentration of dye in Royal Purple (and perhaps its chemical make-up). At one point I received some information that there is approxiametely 4 ounces of dye in a 55 gallon drum. However, I am looking for something more...

Is there any difference (besides the 20 cents a quart) between these two?

I have a leaky axel seal, albeit a minor one (a few drops here and there, but nothing more). The transmission is a rebuilt one on the car for approx 40k when I bought the car. I immediately drained the ATF and put in a new filter and cleaned the magnets. The original ATF was pretty brown and...

I siphoned out my old power steering fluid and put in a bottle (or enough to fill it up) of older Valvoline Semi_Syn ATF (car calls for ATF in PS). The power steering seems loose - could this be a reason?

What is a cheap oil that benefits greatly from adding SLOB?

This is the same V6 that was in the MX6 and Probes back in the day. Engine doesn't burn much oil (if at all) and has a small leak. Compression tests (done not exactly correct but good enough) - show one cylindar to have lower compression than the other (and there is also a little oil on that...

Analysis done by Fluids Analysis Laboratory (Holt). The filter was a Motorcraft filter. There are 83210 miles on the car. Lube Control and Fuel Power was used in this analysis (comparing with my last sampling here ) Wear Metals (ppm) Al: 3 Ca: 1915 Cr: 0 Cu: 8 Fe: 8 Pb: 5 Mg: 99 Mo: 262 P: 872...

Analysis done by Fluids Analysis Laboratory (Dyson Analysis). The filter was that really expensive Fram that comes in a can (X2) - I bought it about a year or so ago when it was on sale. There are 78301 miles on the car. Wear Metals (ppm) Al: 2 Ca: 1828 Cr: 0 Cu: 2 Fe: 9 Pb: 2 Mg: 8 Mo: 45 P...

Well, I learned a leasson - I will only use the site sponsor Amsoil dealers here. I came across this Ebay auction. Notice the dealer states that s/he will provide a 'year' of oil. When I ask how much that really is and based on what interval (since we haven't yet been forced to drive every car...

I tried them and sent links to my friends at work to check it out. Since we are on a firewall, they all appeared to be the same IP. At first after contacting them they allowed the referrals - then conventiently retracted once I was close to getting the product. At one time it worked - now I...

I currently have a 2002.5 Mazda Protege5. I have been toying around with the oil and it seems to range from Mobil 1 5w-30, Mobil 1 10w-30, Amsoil ASL 5w-30 and soon some Mobil 1 0w-30. I almost put in Motorcraft blend. When I searched the UOA forums, I only found a report from my car back when...

The car has approx. 22,000 miles. Sample was done at 2,700 mile interval and done by Oil Analyzers, Inc. Using Mobil 1 5w30 done after a Auto-Rx treatment. (ppm) Iron: 9 Chromium: 3 Lead: 1 Copper: 8 Tin: 0 Aluminum: 3 Nickel: 0 Silver: 0 Silicon: 22 Boron: 182 Sodium: 14 Magnesium: 44 Calcium...

What is the best way to use this to clean out intake and engine? Follow the instructions on that can, or do something else?

The price (dealer or preferred) between these two seem pretty close....so what are the benefits of one over the other?

Has anyone used an Amsoil/Dahl fuel filter on a passenger car? Any thoughts?

I was using Gumout's Carb and Intake cleaner (with the little plastic straw to guide), and during the application, the little plastic straw got sucked into the throttle body. I thought to myself "this is not good". Any thoughts on what I can do to prevent damage from being done?

My Auto-RX treatment is about coming to an end. I am curious - how have people done the "flush" themselves? How much ATF fluid should I buy? Should it all be the stuff I am going to put in, or is there a need for 'filler' ATF?

I am looking at the Amsoil By-Pass filter setup for a 1998 Ford Escort and new Mazda Protege. Are there any benefits for a passenger vehicle such as these? Any thoughts on this set-up or comparable set-ups?