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greetings. i just purchased a vehicle with the MB 3.0L diesel. it has a particulate filter, but is the pre-bluetec version. the oil spec is 229.51. i bought a cases of schaeffer's 9000 in 5w40 about 2 years ago, for use in my racecar. the racecar has seen a lot fewer miles than anticipated, so...

previous UOA, and exposition to problem. i knew it would be a short run, so i emptied the odd oils left on my shelves. this was 4qts Exxon SuperFlo 5W20, and 3.5qts Chevron Delo 15W40. used 400 miles, with a purolator PF1218-equivalent oil filter. i'd gone through the top end a few times...

we had purchased the car literally the day before evacuating houston due to hurricane rita. we sat idling for ~10 hours. i changed the oil a few days after returning and took this sample to see how it weathered the evacuation. anything not listed above was reported as 0. blackstone's comments...

i finally got my hands on a wix 51568. i changed the oil today on my non-turbo 2.5L subaru, and it fit like a champ. just fyi, since a search never turned up anyone who had actually tried it. -michael

i had said something a while ago about using this in my '96 corvette. (dave's recommendation for my particular vehicle, over their p/s fluid.) it caused an odd, intermittent (but relatively high frequency) metallic clanging noise. it took a couple of flushes with the oem fluid to go back to...

is #703 really not a diesel/CI-4 oil, or did schaeffer's just not bother with the certification? it strikes me as odd that schaeffer's has so many gasoline-only oils, given they cater mainly to industrial use. what does an oil need to meet CI-4 over just SL? thanks. -michael

i have read a statistic claiming that the population's average IQ is 100. this makes me think i shouldn't try to apply too much analysis to anything that is aimed at the general population. -michael

Previous UOA this is the first time in the car's 95k miles that it has ever consumed oil, so it's really odd that it would be with an HDEO. i only had to add .5qt at 3500 miles into the interval, so no big deal. from how clear and light-colored it was, i suspected it was the new formulation...

exposition: Previous UOA this fill is the LTS 3W-30. usual usage for this car, auto-x, romps, etc, but more commuting than normal. K&N oil filter, paper air filter, etc. blackstone's comments: "we found copper to be high in this sample... we don't know if this could be related to the new rod...

i read all the posts, there doesn't seem to be a consensus. i'm considering torco rtf in my new impreza, has anyone used it successfully in an application that calls for a GL-5? it would be good to know if the subaru tranny truly requires a GL-5, or if a GL-4 would work. what would the...

is this going to be a ford dealer only item? i've checked my local parts stores and found only the SL motorcraft. ditto at walmart. i don't remember seeing a conoco station here, and don't know if they would carry the oil anyway. anyone know where i can get my hands on the conoco or motorcraft...

i recently purchased a subaru impreza, and went looking for filters. on my list were wix 51344 and 51568, and as many of their equivalents as i could find in various cross-references. as a last resort, i knew pepboys would have an L24458. i found nothing here in houston. when i made it to...

i had ordered redline p/s fluid for my '96 vette. i auto-x it and change the fluid frequently. after placing the order, someone at redline told me they prefer their D4 ATF in my year corvette. i emailed myoilshop and they changed the order prior to shipment. immediately after swapping to the D4...

Last report. i changed it because i'm at 12 months. a change in my daily schedule makes it very inconvenient to ride the bike, hence the low miles. this interval used an amsoil oil filter. the amsoil 10W40 was packaged in the bottles labeled as motorcycle oil, dunno if that's different or not...

Here is some information on this engine. I changed the rod bearings right after draining this oil. The engine had ~2000 miles at this point, and had been beat hard in both racing and countless dyno runs. Given that the bearings were "bad," and that there were visible metal flakes in the oil i...

forum rules say we can't link to other forums, so i'm going to paste what i posted on the vette forum. as a BITOG-specific aside, i took a sample of the GC 0w30 that came out just before the new oil pump, i'm curious to see how obvious the bearing wear will be. i will post the UOA when i get it...

exposition: http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000579 i ended up not using the bike much at all, instead of using it more for commuting as planned. so, i changed the amsoil because i'm at 12 months. UOA forthcoming, but it's only 650 miles of use. i put in...

is it really so expensive or difficult to package lubricants in small containers? i ask because there are quite a few products of shcaeffer's i would buy if they were available in 1qt, or even 1 gallon, quantities. -michael

previous report basically the same use, oil filter, etc. all else 0 the moly is surprising. is that old plating coming off, or just that much mixing in from the leftover redline? thanks. -michael

a friend of mine just picked up a new Z06. he will be using it for open tracking and auto-x, as well as commuting. i told him a bit about the copper issue, so he decided to do a few UOAs as the engine breaks in. he changed the original oil at 100 miles, putting on/in an STP oil filter and...