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We had to get a new beater car earlier this year as our 2001 Toyota Echo died a horrible death via hit and run. We learned the used car market is horrible in our area, but finally settled on a 2013 Kia Rio with 125,000kms on it. Being a bitog member I immediately started obsessing on how to...

I change the oil once per year around the end of September, start of October. Here is this years report, in typical fashion this car only sees around 4,000kms per year so there is no real chance of depletion or issues to note. The car has a number of bolt on and flex-fuel upgrades and sees...

Time for the annual report on my grocery getter. Back in 2017 when I started getting UOAs there was abnormally high iron levels. Since then they have reduced to an appropriate amount. I never had an explanation, I always add about 100ml of Hyper-Lube Zinc replacement since 2018 onwards based on...

Latest annual test for my Subaru. Yes these OCI's are ridiculously short, I change the oil once a year in September/October and kms are usually only 3-4k. I was tracking some high iron wear a few years ago, but it appears to have worked itself out. I changed the oil just a touch early because...

I know very short OCI. This comes off my 2010 Subaru STI. At about 1,500kms into this OCI I had a Flex Fuel system installed and pro tuned to use E85 as well as Shell91. It saw a ton of WOT on the dyno as well as afterword with some extra e-tuning. I noticed the oil level drop a little bit. I...

This is off my 2001 Toyota Echo, which calls for the 4967. The 3600 is about 3-4 times the size and this engine shows very little wear in UOAs, I took the "leave it on" to the extreme. The car has a fumoto valve and tends to start burning oil around the 6,000 km mark. So I basically left the...

Nothing really to report here. Comes off a 2001 Toyota Echo which to be honest doesn't really need an extra transmission filter. I put one in as a project at 250,000kms as well as fluid change and an external transmission cooler (more overkill, I know). Car is just under 280,000kms now. Filter...

10,000 kms on a 2007 Buick Rendezvous with PP 0W30. Replaced with a Mobil1 filter and Valvoline Syn 5w30. This is the first OCI I've done since acquiring the vehicle, 106k kms on the vehicle. First time cutting open a Tough Gaurd, most filters have a spring attached to the metal peice for...

This is the third analysis on this car. Things are looking up! First oil was Motul Xcess 5w40, second was Rotella T6 5w40, this report is Mobil1 Euro 0w40 (with 5 oz of Hyperlube Zinc Replacement), filled it with GC 0w40 (with the rest of the Hyperlube ~7oz). Remaining in my stash I have one...

I currently run a Magnefine filter on my Echo and Rendezvous. In Canada the only price I can get them at is $37.50 CAD on amazon.ca. I did find some Chinese replicas on ebay.ca for ~$16 CAD. Here are some side by side pics, they are nearly identical. The proof is in the pudding though, I will...

Kind of getting boring, I've posted one of these 3 years running at my annual oil change. Low kms and nothing to report. Out came Mobil1 0w40 Euro and in went Castrol 0w40 Euro with another Subaru filter. Now that I have used up all my Subaru filters I may try a XG7317 next time. I will send the...

Here is the filter off my 2001 Toyota Echo. It was 3 short OCI's over the course of the year, I just kept using the same filter. Upsizing to the XG3600, about 3 times the size I'll try to do 3 or 4 8,000km OCI's on it.

Replaced the air filter on my friends 2017 Ford Escape, I believe the 1.5L. Pulled off the original factory air filter, and put on a Fram CA11114. Doesn't look horrible for 30k and 2 years.

Still playing with the Toyota Echo, I installed a Trucool LPD 4544 transmission cooler last week. Currently bypassing the radiator. This car has a dummy light for when the engine is warm (160 degrees coolant temp and the light turns off and 4th gear overdrive is available). Since the install I...

Story time... Last week when I changed the oil in my 2001 Toyota Echo I used a torque wrench for the very first time to tighten the drain plug, I've always just hand tightened. Set that baby to 28ft/lbs, getting tighter, and tighter, still no click, then loose and turning again. Only thought...

The second OEM I have cut open off this car. Pretty standard, all the blue paint fragments are from the cutter. 113k kms on the vehicle (2014 Crosstrek). Also changed the air filter (Fram CA9997) and replaced all four brake rotors and pads today.

Comes off a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek, not sure the mileage on the filter. I have been taking care of the car for the last 16,000 kms (2 OCI's) so I'm guessing 24-32k kms if she kept to the 8k km OCIs. Doesn't look horrible. 113k kms on the car now. Replaced all four brake rotors and pads today as...

Replaced the old CA7597 off my Grandpa's 2007 Buick Rendezvous. The vehicle has 97,000kms on it. No idea how old this filter is or how much mileage.

Another well made filter off the CX3.

This was off a friends 2018 Ford Escape, with just under 20,000kms on the vehicle (1.5L Ecoboost), she said she had her first oil change at the Jiffy Lube down the road OLM was at 20% and she thinks it was about 10,000kms ago. First off I mangled this filter, won't be winning any beauty...