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Originally Posted By: doolah02 Would Kendall Euro 5W30 be ok to run in the 4.0 SOHC since that engine was made in Germany? The geographical location of where the engine was built or the oil blended has nothing to do with it.

I drove a rental Malibu with start stop. I didn't like it but I bet it wouldn't be too hard to get used to. You gotta be able to turn it off though.

Originally Posted By: oil_film_movies An extra oil change or two is likely good with a new engine to get any extra garbage metals out. You can and should change it from now on using the OLM GM is known for. It works and calculates oil stress in total. The oil did thin out more than I would have...

Originally Posted By: SatinSilver That's a lot of oil changes in the first 10k miles. The Camry had it's first oil change at 10k miles. After 5yrs/63k miles it still runs like a top. A uoa at 60k miles came back with excellent results. The wear metal readings were lower than the averages which...

Originally Posted By: Carbon12 Congrats on the new truck. thank you sir!

Originally Posted By: Rolla07 Your truck is still too new to tell if it will be a trend. Your next analysis should help. i agree. so far seems to be going in the right direction.

here are the first two uoas for my new truck. i went from a 1990 sierra to a 2016. i used the dexos 1 m1 5w30 and I think there was some 5w30 extended performance mixed in. still on the fence if im going to use 0w20. if it continues to thin out i will probably stick with 5w30. i use this truck...

Top off with whatever is laying around. Then pick an oil and just buy that so you dont have this dillema ever again.

Originally Posted By: stro_cruiser how would this ST look with these miles without the Lubegard? I'm thinking the Lubegard helped.

Originally Posted By: Artem That's some low insolubles (and wear in general) How is this car driven? Besides the low viscosity, everything looks great! its driven about 60 miles a day on the commute to/from work. 35-55 mph mostly probably. Most of the commute is back roads. Some highway 70-80 mph.

This oil change was done at jiffy lube. Insols impress me considering the tiny filter. Refilled w Mobil 1 extended performance 5w30 and a wix oil filter.

Looks like insolubles will be your limiting factor. Try changing the filter@ 5k and go to 7.5k. Then to 10 k hopefully.

Originally Posted By: vintageant OK, here it is two weekends ago on Miami's South Beach. nice. looks like fun

I just dug up this uoa of a wrx i used to own with real good results with a K&N including 100's of miles of dirt roads. UOA Link

i did food delivery about 10 years ago in boston with an '87 caprice w/ 305. I would leave the engine running all night unless is was too shady of an area and lock the doors and keep the door key with me. I wish I knew about UOAs then, could have been interesting.

Yup. I put Rotella 5w40 in my GF's elantra for the summer and the engine made a racket on startup. Had to switch it out.

I have run it in the winter with no problem too, but when you pour it (in the winter) compared to other 5w's it is VERY thick. Thats how it sits in your oil pan before you start.

Originally Posted By: unDummy Not sure that there is enough TBN and definitely not without seeing TAN. Because of the normal high mileage bearing wear, I'd only use the OE for 7.5k miles and not more. Can you link to any hard driven high mileage uoas with high bearing wear? I've always...

how much are you getting the QSUD for?

I have had excellent results with K&N air filters. Don't wash them too much/often, but add oil every once in a while.