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Originally Posted By: addyguy I'm impressed with only 1 quart of top-up oil in 7500 miles on a Saturn using 20-weight! How'd you pull that? Same here, its typical cause of the oil drain issue that Saturns will burn 1Qt in 3000? With a thinner oil I would have expected around 3qt makeup for...

Im still learning to read these reports as well. Yours looks pretty good to me. Im curious about the viscosity and wonder what input some of the experts here have to say. Perhaps its the summer heat that effected this oil change/fuel from short trips. You mentioned possibly going to a 40W, I...

Originally Posted By: rprx Zero make up oil, but how much did you drain? I drained close to 3 1/2. This car was a very heavy user of oil. I was to the point that I was putting in at least 1/2 qt weekly on only about 200 miles usage. With replacing the head gasket, I ordered a preformed valve...

Come to think of it, I did add 1 can of Seafoam, 1/2 in fuel and 1/2 via pcv valve due to a 1537 code. I had the manifold removed and cleaned but still was tripping the code and did use a can of Seafoam. Doesnt that have high sodium and potassium in its mix?

Originally Posted By: ZZman Were you low on coolant at all? Nope coolant levels looked good. Nothing added when I checked for the oil change.

This is my first ever UOA on this vehicle. Did have a head gasket replaced a few miles ago. Vehicle running very well. Intend to do a short Quaker State HM 10/30W for a few months of summer and then switching the vehicle over to either PP 5w/30 or Mobil 1 5w/30 which I picked up on rebates...

Would love any insight. This is my first UOA. The report mentions possible coolant. Curious if it is coolant shouldnt Boron also be high or possibly water? Also what else could cause the high sodium/potassium? Typically I do around 5k OCI but admittedly the oil filter change was an every other...