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    BMW High Perf Oil, 325i, 34,245 miles

    Elements, Jan 13, 04, Mar 08, 04, Jun 10, 04, Dec 27, 04, Mar 26, 06 Aluminum 7 3 3 3 3 Chromium 0 0 0 0 0 Iron 12 8 10 9 1 Copper 8 4 7 10 5 Lead 1 1 2 2 0 Tin 0 0 0 0 0 Molybdenum 83 16 15 4 88 Nickel 0 1 0 0 0 Manganese 3 1 0 1 0 Silver 0 0 0 0 0 Titanium 0 0 0 0 0 Potassium 6 3 0 3 1 Boron...
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    Metal Conditioner? Is this real?

    I found this on a web site I frequent. Anyone ever use this or heard anything about this. http://www.militec.com/
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    Lubriguard 10W30

    I just bought the cheapest dino oil I could find to start my 1,500 cycle with auto-rx. I'm sure all will be OK, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge of this (seems to be) little know oil type? Can I (is it safe)do the rinse cycle with this oil? Thanks for your opinions...
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    Auto-RX added Pontiac Grand AM 91,102

    Added Auto-RX to my wife’s Pontiac Grand AM SE 4/cyl with 91,102 total miles. Should I do the under 100,000 or over 100,000 miles application? Car runs very good, Idles a little rough, gets decent MPG and burns about half a qrt every 3,000 miles. No oil leaks & she don’t smoke, noticeably...
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    Blackstone labs UOA time in transit

    I was wondering what the deal is with our oil samples going to Blackstone Labs. My samples take an average of about two weeks, how long does yours? How about other labs, are they having time in transit problems also or is it just Blackstone Labs. Is this just since 9/11? Whom sent sample before...
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    Rust like deposits on filler cap are gone.

    My 03 325i using Amsoil 5w30 had what others had observed on there oil fill caps. A rusty light brown film covering the inside of my oil cap. I think I remember seeing someone's previous posts with digital photos and I had exactly the same looking rust like appearance. I just starting using LC...
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    Are you choosing the right oil for your ride?

    The following is an informative explanation to many of the terms we use in describing motor oil. I found this article in the Sept 04 issue of Turbo & High-Tech Performance Magazine. For the oil guru’s this is grade school stuff, but for many, myself included some of information provided a better...
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    Are you choosing the right oil for your ride?

    The following is an informative explanation to many of the terms we use in describing motor oil. I found this article in the Sept 04 issue of Turbo & High-Tech Performance Magazine. For the oil guru’s this is grade school stuff, but for many, myself included some of the information provided a...
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    03 325i BMW w/steptronic AT

    Royal Purple, M1 or Amsoil ATF? Thought about adding some LC also but Terry Dyson recommended against it. No real reason given. Car & trans in excellent shape, no problems, just thinking about a flush and going synthetic. Looking for suggestions. Thanks everyone.
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    New vehicle, to Syn or Dino. That is the ?

    Hello everyone, been reading the boards for a while and must admit I'm addicted. My question is simple, the old saying that you shouldn't use synthetic oil (What's synthetic? Right!) to break in a new motor. Is this a wives tale or truth? I Know more and more vehicle coming from the factory are...
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    Southern Entec Gas?

    Here in Alabama there's a new gas station named Entec, with more different levels of octane available then any of the other gas stations I've used like, Mobil, Shell, Exxon or Chevron. They offer 5 different octanes, top three are 91, 92 and 93.5. I justed started using the 93.5, yesterday, went...
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    Amsoil 5W30, 3rd UOA, BMW 3 series

    BMW 325i 2003 1/13 is 5,000 oil, 6,408 BMW w/factory oil GC 5W30 and factory oil filter. 3/08 is 3,609 oil, 10,055 BMW w/Amsoil 5W30 & MANN GE oil filter. 6/10 is 6,629 oil, 13,075 BMW w/same oil & new MANN filter. Elements*Averages*1/13/*3/08*6/10 Aluminum*5*7*3*3 Chromium*0*0*0*0...
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    03 bimmer UOC analysis twice Amsoil 12,

    All analysis done from Blackstone Labs Avrg provided by Blackstone for same type eng with same type oil and similiar miles. 1/13 sample was factory Euro Castrol Syn 5W30, no top off oil added. 6,448 on vehicle, 5,000 on oil. Orig oil and filter replaced at 1,448 miles, no sample taken, new eng...
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