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I recently (500miles ago) changed the oil in my commuter car 2018 Ford Escape 2.0 with 75,000 miles on it. I was using some Castrol Edge High mileage 5w30 and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing good, nothing bad but did get Slightly higher fuel mileage than with a the previous change...

I see folks here reading SDS to determine the type and amount of base oil in the final blend. I’m not fully understanding how you are doing this. I’m posting a picture of the current oil in use in my car and wanted some help figuring out what it’s make up of. I thought it was 50-75% group III...

I have a GP6500 Generac generator that is air cooling. My power will be out all day and the power company advised us to plan for an outage while upgrading in happening. I pulled my standby generac out and checked the oil. It was due for service so I fired it up to warn it and drained the oil...

Here is a link to the VOA of this oil https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/chevron-supreme-api-sp-5w30.335110/#post-5602185 This vehicle has 69,000 on it and is a commuter ~10 miles during the week with long drives on the weekends.

First filter is a Napa Gold 7035. It’s made to fit B&S engines on many mowers and other outdoor power equipment. Nothing special in my opinion with poor spacing and a retail price of $14

I picked up a new filter for my Gator yesterday and noticed that they have changed suppliers again. The old Gator/Lawn tractor filters were Champ made ecore filters with a blue top end bypass valve and black rubber adbv. Hey we’re USA made and about $6-7. Now they are made in Brazil with a can...

This oil went in my wife’s 2.0 Ecoboost and will be sampled when ready to change.

Scheaffer Webscope did the analysis. Actually slightly lower Zinc And Moly than Chevron Supreme. Not that it matters, just noticed that.

Picked one up to try on my 2.0 Ecoboost. I really like the Ecore design and the fact that it has a seperate bypass valve unlike the ST3614 combo valve. The ADBV is black rubber though instead of the blue silicone one show in the cut open youtube videos. I find it hard to believe they would...

I have a bunch of Fram PH3614/ Supertech 3614 filters because they fit a bunch of my machines. I use one on my Kawasaki engine mower, Briggs engine lawn tractor and Ford Escape. My kids JD Gator XUV has a Briggs VTwin engine in it and specs a Deere AM125424 filter. Thats the same filter that...

This is a sample from a outdoor power equipment filter I commonly use. The John Deere as resent as last year was an e-core design and about $7. The Napa/Wix was a steel tube with holes in it last time I bought one (also about a year ago). The Kawasaki filter is a direct copy of the Deere filter...

I’m servicing my Cfmoto sxs today and I have two oil choices. I have Valvoline Atv/utv 10w40 and Maxima racing premium 4stroke 10w40. Both are motorcycle oil with a jaso ma2 rating for my 800cc with a wet clutch. Which would you pick?

Picking up a 2005 Kia Spectra with a 2.0 for a spare car. The owner made a deal I couldn’t say no too. The car was used for commuting 170,000 miles and bought new by them. I have no clue if it was maintained properly or not. Would HM oil be best for this application? It will mostly be a school...

I already posted this in another VOA of this product for comparison but wanted to leave it here as well. This is from a quart bottle purchased from Walmart to go with the 5 qt jug for my wife’s car. I’ll try to run a sample after 5k use in a TGDI.

I’m getting ready to do the 60k service on my wife’s Escape 2.0L ecoboost. I’m online looking at Walmart sales and ordering oil but I’m stuck in the close price between full synthetic and EP. Valvoline and Castro are only about $3-4 per 5 quart jug higher for their EP oil over full syn. I’d...

This is off of 2019 F250 with 51,000 miles on it. The filter was in use for 3 months and 6,000 miles. I switched our fleet over to Baldwin when I noticed the Motorcraft filters tearing. I guess these aren’t any better.

I have a couple of quarts of Lucas high performance 80w90 sitting on my shelf. I was bored and reading the back label and they are really proud of this stuff. Is there anything in it that makes it better than say a Valvoline 80w90 or even a Supertech 80w90?

I’m looking into using this oil in my next service this week. Currently I have Mag1 5w30 full synthetic in it with a Fram ultra filter. I sample randomly to see how things are looking and the engine seems to be doing good. My wear metals are in range and the car runs great. My only concern is...

I have a couple of 4 wheelers that use 10w40 Maxima conventional oil in them. My new side by side has a wet clutch and specs 5,10,15w40 SG oil rates JASO MA. Would you use the same oil in my side by side or use a synthetic oil in it? Changes will be every 50 engine hours or 500 miles.

This is the same oil but from two different batches. Seems to vary quite a bit to me. Both are supposed to be a 5w30 blend.