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  1. izualangel

    KIA Forte 5,398 miles Shell RGT 5w20

    So, this is the follow-up to last spring's UOA. Same oil, similar time interval but with 1k miles more on the oil. This summer was hot. Like brown lawn, megadrought, record setting hot. I wanted to see how the oil did with that heat. Just fine. I use the standard KIA oil filter from the dealer...
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    UOA 2019 Forte Nu RGT 5w20

    I've been using Rotella Gas Truck 5w20 and the OEM KIA filters on this for the last few years. Doing 6 month intervals, I don't drive more than 6,000 miles in 6 months. I have plenty of RGT in the stash and intend to keep doing what I'm doing. I bought this car new, and really enjoy it. I...
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    Neat B&S piston

    Found the mower on the side of the road. Cheap bottom-of-the-barrel WalMart Murray mower. Got it running, but it smoked. And never stopped. Got curious, so I started to tear down the engine (why not, right?) Don't recall ever seeing a piston like this before with the 4 indentations in it. The...
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    VOA Arnold 10w30

    This is a VOA of a sample of oil I got with a new Chinese made MTD tiller. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4862418/chinese-ope-oil#Post4862418 The PO took a while to get my sample across the country, but here it is. I've got a little over an hour on the tiller, and...
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    Chinese OPE oil

    I recently found a handful of end of season deals on OPE, all of which came with a bottle of oil. The MTD tiller I bought came with this bottle of engine oil. The whole thing is made in China, so the bottle of oil isn't really a surprise. It's simply the first time I've come across this. I tried...
  6. izualangel

    UOA for VW Passat M1 0w40 - Need some opinions.

    So, any ideas about this wear? I'm thinking that the absence of lead, but the presence of other metals may indicate wear in the turbocharger, instead of the engine. Anyone else care to take a guess? I'm not going to have time to do pressure or compression tests until the weekend, so I'm just...
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