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    Citgo Supergard Full Synthetic - 0W-20 - 2014 Toyota Sequoia 3UR-FE

    First UOA was with TGMO, when I bought the truck last March. The second is Supergard. (They didn't update the oil brand..) I'm at 170k now - I'll likely switch to a 10k interval. The book says 5k because it's a FFV, but I don't use E85.
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    Citgo SuperGard 5W-20, 5001 mi, 08 Lexus RX400h

    First UOA of my '08 RX400h. Hybrid with 3MZ-FE engine. Lab was ALS. Oil was in service for 6 months, mostly city / suburban driving. Quaker State QS-3614 filter. Drained and refilled with same oil, and Mahle OC-338 filter.
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    '08 Lexus RX400h, Factory Fill, 110k, Toyota ATFWS

    First ATF analysis on my RX400h. Drained and refilled with 4 quarts of Toyota ATF-WS. I bought the car with 89k miles, and I assume it was the factory fill. Lab was ALS. They flagged it as abnormal due to high Fe, Al, Ni, Si as can be seen on the report.
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    2011 Kia Optima hybrid - blown engine

    A family friend of ours has a 2011 Kia Optima hybrid with about 130k miles, engine blew a few weeks ago. The dealer wants around $10k to replace the engine. What's the going rate for a non-dealer shop to take care of this? I see there are a bunch of these engines on car-part.com for around...
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    Citgo SuperGard 5W-20, 5097mi, 06 Ford Explorer V8

    First UOA on my '06 Explorer. I bought it with 152k miles. Oil drained at 155k was VWB which probably explains the sodium. Been running the SuperGard ever since. No makeup oil in this sample, but if I recall it may have been down about 1/2 quart. (6 qt sump) It has a paper air filter, I plan to...
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    Unknown ATF, 41k miles, 2006 Ford Explorer 6R60

    New to me 2006 Ford Explorer V8, with the 6R60. Unknown ATF. What I have in the service records are a 'Transmission Flush' at 100k miles at Big-O tires, then at 124k miles, 6 quarts of 'Synthetic ATF' was used during a bulkhead connector replacement. I have not changed the oil yet, I drew it...
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    Honda ATF-DW1, 21874 mi, 02 Honda Odyssey

    OK, so what does BITOG say of this report? Background on the vehicle, it has 230k miles on the original transmission. Trans was dealer serviced every 30k miles using Honda ATF. (ATF-Z1 is listed on all the invoices, but I imagine they have used ATF-DW1 for the last couple of years....) Runs...
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    Citgo SuperGard 5W-20, 4786 mi, 02 Honda Odyssey

    I am also going to post the transmission UOA in the Trans Fluid section. This oil was in service for about 1 year, no make up oil added.
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    Air compressor motor keeps tripping breaker

    My Porter/Cable compressor (25 gallon, non-oiless) keeps tripping the circuit breaker when I turn it on. I have a dedicated 12AWG/20A non-GFCI circuit going to it. I took the AC motor into a shop to have it looked over, they checked the caps and they were OK. They replaced an electronic...
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    Ford Differential + Trans Fluid Changes

    I'm tooling up for axle and trans fluid changes on my '06 Explorer V8 this weekend. Here's what I have so far: 6R60 Trans : Motorcraft Mercon SP, trans filter, gasket. Front Differential : Valvoline High Performance 80W-90 (Has 'limited slip' label on it) Transfer Case : Motorcraft XL-12...
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    06-11 Ford Explorer Transmission Reliability

    I'm looking at getting an 06-11 Explorer as a daily driver and occasional tow vehicle for our pop up camper. I've seen many tales about how the transmissions are prone to failure, although I read the same about an Expedition I had for 55k miles and had no issues. I'll be looking at a one owner...
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    Tire crashes through windshield, killing passenger

    http://www.channel3000.com/news/tire-crashes-through-windshield-killing-passenger-in-car/28311684 Check out the photo of the tire + rim. Would this be off the front of an older truck with drum brakes? (I see a drum liner, and a cavity for a bearing...) Or perhaps a trailer? Strange how no one...
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    MMO before 2600 mile trip - Toyota 3MZFE

    I have a 2005 Sienna with the 3MZFE and 183500 miles. I do 5k OCI's with my free G-Oil 5w30 and the UOA's have been pretty good. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...200#Post2891657 We're taking the van to Florida, leaving today, and will put 2600+ miles on it round trip. That will put...
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    Mystik Syn-Blend Multi-Vehicle ATF vs. Honda DW1

    I'm tooling up for an ATF change on my 2002 Honda Odyssey that has had dealer ATF Z1,DW1 every 30k since new. (I'm at 221k now) Blain's carries the Synthetic Blend Mystik Multi-Vehicle ATF for $4.29/qt. I did a complete exchange using 12 quarts on my 2005 Sienna 1 year/22000 miles ago using...
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    M1 0W-40, 7390 miles, 2001 Audi A6 2.7T

    Third UOA on this car, first time using the NAPA kit. I am doing 10K OCI now which will be sampled when the interval arrives. Filter in this run was a Mobil-1 M1-204 and that's what is currently installed. Here are the previous reports from the other lab:
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    2002 Hondy Odyssey Transmission Issues

    I'm looking at a one owner 2002 Odyssey tonight. It has 220k miles, dealer serviced since new and he has all dealer invoices. Timing belt, WP, belts changed at 210k. I have a time set up to look at it tonight and I'm ready to buy, frankly. That was until I dug more into Honda transmission...
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    M1 0W-40 - 5047 Miles - 2001 Audi A6 2.7T

    Here is the second UOA on my A6 with the 2.7T. Driven daily, not very lead footed, even though I do have an APR 91 octane program. I switched to the stock program, but my butt dyno seemed to indicate a lack of throttle response, so I went back to the 91 program. Anyway, I was expecting to see...
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    G-Oil 5W/30 - 5132 Miles - 2005 Toyota Sienna

    Here is the initial sample from my '05 Sienna with the 3MZFE. Purolator classic filter. The fill that was analyzed was a 5 quart Walmart jug with the low profile green racecar on it. The fill prior to that was the same stuff, and before that was QS Defy. Refilled will another jug of the 'green...
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    Public oil drop-off site contaminated

    Quote: A potentially dangerous chemical has shut down a city-run oil recycling facility. Used oil dumped into a designated tank on the west side of Madison tested positive for polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly referred to as PCBs. “We're evaluating the program as a whole. We want to...
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    Castrol Syntec 5W-40, 4950 Miles, Audi A6 2.7T

    First report from my 2001 A6 with the 2.7T. The prior owner had the oil changed regularly at an independent euro shop. This car has an APR tune on it, but I have since switched it to the stock program. 1000 miles of these were mine, and 4000 or so were previous owner, and he drove it with a bit...
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