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My latest UOA on my Hyundai Elantra, first in a couple of years. Comments welcome.

Greetings, Been a couple of years, so thought I'd do another UOA on the wife's Diamante. Car is coming up on 8 years old, looks and runs fine, but has very low total miles (57455). I was particularly surprised with the low insolubles and silicon, as I have not changed the air filter in over 2...

Below is the latest UOA on this vehicle. I skipped analysis the last 2 oil changes - hence the gap between 10/19/08 and now. I wanted to see how the Havoline 5w30 looked in this vehicle, since it was absolutely stellar in my Diamante. This report is not quite as good as the Diamante's 2 UOA's on...

Below is my 2nd UOA on this vehicle. The first UOA recommended I extend the OCI out to about 5k miles, which I did. Since that was 25% longer than the 1st OCI, I expected slightly more wear, and some were a tad higher. I also ordered a TBN on this UOA. At 2.2, I'm thinking I don't want to push...

Below is my first UOA on a used car I acquired last summer, a 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante. Blackstone's comments are encouraging. Viscosity is a little surprising to me, as the sample was taken HOT. My UOA's on my other 2 cars show good viscosity on HOT samples, low viscosity on cold ones. We'll...

Below is my latest UOA on my 2001 Passat 1.8L Turbo. Please note the following: 1) There are 4 samples on the report. The mileage on all 4 is about the same (3332 to 3560 mi.). The two oldest (right most) were with M1 0w40. The two newest (12/28 and 08/19 date) were with Syntec 5w40. 2) The...

Below is my latest UOA on my Elantra. The first 2 UOA's were with Exxon Superflo 10w30, the third with Valvoline Synpower 5w30, and this one with PP 5w30. All comments appreciated.

Below is my latest UOA on the Passat. Couple of points to note: 1) Oil sample was taken stone cold. I usually sample it warm or even hot. This may explain the fuel trace. 2) This UOA was on Syntec, the prior two were Mobil 1 0w40. I wanted to see if the Syntec would drop the iron count - looks...

Below is my most recent UOA on my 2005 Elantra. The first 2 OCI's were with cheap dino Exxon Superflo 10w30. For this OCI, I wanted to try a synthetic (Valvoline Synpower) to see if I could tell any difference (besides cost). I also ran the oil about 30% longer. All three look pretty good, and...

Here is my recent UOA on the Passat - seems only slightly better than the last one but wasn't expecting any radical changes. Points to note - oil was sampled immediately after a long, hot run this time. Perhaps that has something to do with the VIS improvement - I dont know. Also, the Lucas he...

I posted this in the thread with the first UOA from 5 months ago, but then wasn't sure if everyone would look at a thread that old. Appreciate any comments.

First UOA on this 2001 1.8T with over 70K miles. The Lucas referred to in the report is actually UCL, not the oil treatment. I was also concerned that he referred to the car as a Jetta, instead of a Passat, as the 1.8T is different in the two cars (Passat is longitudinal, Jetta is transverse...

First UOA ever:

I've read lots of posts about Superflo, but haven't run across one yet using it in my vehicle, which is a 2005 Hyundai Elantra. Noticed that Pep Boys has it on sale for $.79 quart till Saturday, A/R of course. In 40 years of driving, Superflo is one of the few oils I have never used. All I know...

I have a 2005 Hyundai Elantra with 2.0l engine. The OEM filter, and Purolator equivalent (14459 I think), are relatively small. I read that Purolator use to make a larger filter (24458 or 59 IIRC), but that has been discontinued. Does Purolator, or any other filter manufacturer, make a filter...

Just received my order of LC and FP today. Noticed the directions on the measuring bottle for LC call for 3-4 oz every 1000 miles, with a first time app of 2 oz per quart. This is roughly twice what the LCD website says and about twice what most posters have said they use. The FP directions are...

Are either LC or FP available in retail stores or just on the web? If in stores, which ones please? I'm in Georgia, USA. Thanks.