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Greetings, This car has had a steady diet of dealer oil changes at the maintenance minder intervals. Runs like a champ. I bought it a year ago and have used PP and PYB at 6 to 7k mile oci's with a Supertech filter each time. With all of the positive feelings going around about QSUD on here, you...

2002 Ford Explorer 4.6L V8. 81,502 total miles. Wife's daily driver. Around town, suburban driving. PureOne oil filter Air filter changed halfway through the OCI. 1 quart of makeup oil over the OCI. This Pennzoil Platinum 5W-20 was in for 8,002 miles from 6/5/06- 10/4/06. The previous UOA (a...

1997 Honda Accord 2.2 4-cyl. 174,000 total miles. Commuter car with a ton of stop-and-go in summer traffic. PureOne oil filter Air filter changed halfway through the OCI. 1 quart of makeup oil over the OCI. This Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30 was in for 7,501 miles from 5/16/06- 9/15/06. The previous...

Hi, I'm currently running Mobil1 EP 5W-30 in 2 of my cars. One car is a 1997 Honda Accord EX 2.2L 4cyl. with 157,000 miles on it. The other is a 2002 Ford Explorer 4.6 V8 with 65,000 miles on it. I'm about 9,000 miles into the Accord's OCI (shooting for 10K) and I'm getting a bit worried that I...

Hi, This is my first UOA on this car. 1997 Honda Accord 2.2L I4 149,900 miles on the car. 7,500 miles on this oil sample. Half stop and go/half highway. I ran Mobil Clean 7500 for approx. 7,500 miles with an AdvancedAuto TotalGrip filter. 0.75 quart of makeup oil was added (M1 EP for the...

Hi, This is my 1st ever UOA and I'd appreciate any and all comments! (sorry for the poor formatting. I tried!) 2002 Ford Explorer 4.6L V8 61,000 miles on the truck. 9,500 miles on this oil sample. This Explorer 4.6 calls for 5W-20. I ran a 50/50 mix of M1 EP 5W-30 and M1 5W-20 (6 quarts...

Hi, My 2002 Explorer 4.6 is due soon for it's oil change. I'd like to do a UOA in the future so I can see if I can extend my OCI's. Here's where I stand: April 1, 2005: 51,100 miles, changed oil & filter - 3 quarts Mobil1 EP 5W-30 - 3 quarts Mobil 7500 5W-20 with a MC 820-S filter May 30...

Hi, With the motorcraft filter no longer being carried in WallyWorld, I'm looking for a possible replacement. 2002 Ford Explorer with the 4.6 V8 6 quarts Mobil 7500 SuperTech ST-2 filter Comments/Suggestions?

Hi Guys, This GF4 formulation has me in a quandry. For my 1997 Accord, I have 15 quarts of the free Maxlife. Herein lies my problem: Should I get rid of it and get some of the new GF4 Motorcrat 5W30 or DriveClean 5W30? Or, should I resist my BITOG-induced OCD and use up the Maxlife first...

Hi, Was in WalMart last night...picked up some more free MaxLife and checked for the new SuperTech (supposedly in the light blue bottles). The SuperTech 5w30 was in the same old blue/grey bottles. But one thing....the bottom didn't have the WPP logo. It had a rectangle with a "G" in it. Funny...

Hi, Great board here! I've learned a bunch over the last few months. I have a 1997 Honda Accord with 125K on it. Just now, I just did an oil change using some "free" Valvoline Synpower 5w-30 with a SuperTech filter. Over the life of the car, it's had the oil/filter changes at approx. 4k to 5k...