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My local Valvoline distributor informed me that VSOT (Valvoline Synpower Oil Treatment) has been renamed Valvoline Professional Series Oil Treatment. The part number is similar. The old part number was "066" and the new part number is "VP066." On the back label is the comment: "For Professional...

Does anyone have any experience with Shaeffer's #148? From the tech data package on Shaeffer's site, it looks great, as an alternative to #131 or Fuel Power. Does anyone know the packaging sizes - the tech data package omits that. It's quite concentrated at 1 litre for ever 3000 litres of gasoline.

Titan Labs 2001 Miata with 12K total miles, 3K on this sample Viscosity 10.6 cST @100C SAE Grade 30 Fuel Soot 0.0% Water N Fuel Dilution N Antifreeze N Chromium 1 Copper 2 Iron 6 Lead 0 Tin 0 Aluminum 2 Silicon 14 Antimony 0 Barium 2 Boron 66 Cadmium 0 Calcium 762 Magnesium 1379 Molydbenum 0...

Titan Labs '99 Cutlass w/45498 miles total, 1468 on this sample. 3.1L V6 Three months, December '02 to March '03. Short trips (2-3 miles) to work and back. Viscosity 11.1 @ 100C SAE Grade 30 @ 100C Fuel Soot 0.0% Water N Fuel N Antifreeze N Chromium 0 Copper 17 Iron 16 Lead 1 Tin 0 Aluminum 1...

Titan Labs '95 Aerostar 111K miles 3679 Miles on Chevron Supreme 10W40, in almost exactly three months. Viscosity 11.4 CST 100C Fuel Soot 0.0% SAE Grade 30 @ 100C Water N Fuel N Antifreeze N Chromium 0 Copper 2 Iron 14 Lead 4 Tin 0 Aluminum 1 Silicon 4 Antimony 2 Barium 0 Boron 2 Cadmium 0...

There's been a lot of comments about the value of SuperTech oil filters - decent quality and low cost. But it's what's inside that matters. I cut open a SuperTech ST6607, which is the filter for my Mazda, and a Mazda US OEM filter, made by Tennex, which is what I've been using. I'm sticking...

Do car makers recommend oils that help them make their EPA Fleet-weighted Fuel Economy numbers, instead of what's best for the engine? I took a car that sold around the world, and checked with various oils companies web sites throughtout the world as to what the recommended oils were for that...