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been a while since I've done this for my 14 Sportage. this is one of the engines w/mystery bearing problem. but sofar so good

beating a dead horse here but I have to put it out there. KIA says 5/20, Honda 0/20 not wanting to have 2 oils to buy/keep track of. checked KIA on the 0/20 no real help/info on there. given a choice either will due PP,M1 or Amsoil. thoughts...............

this will be the final report for this RAV as it was involved in an MVA last week. no injuries but the car is done w/222000 on the clock

213700 on the clock.can was a PL20195.T6 looks like a keeper, given how brutal this winter has been I think it did alright. open thermo seems to be the source of the fuel problem. had an OBD2 data logger on it as I thought there was a problem w/on board temp gauge, well there isn't. it'll get...

here is the first run of T6 in the RAV, looks ok but will wait for the second run to see how it really acts. previous runs were AMS ACD.

same old, same old.fuel on last 2 runs bugs me a little. 199K on the clock, has turned 200 a few weeks ago. filled w/new flavor to see how it works out. Rotella T6 5/40 going to run to 7500 and see what shakes out.

well did the g/f RAV this weekend. has 199k on it, dropped the Ams ACD 10/30 for 5/40 T6. sent sample off to Blackstone as usual.had close to 8K on it.

nothing new here breaking in well. changed air filter at this change. 15300 on the clock

short but to the point. http://green.autoblog.com/2013/02/22/big-oil-to-take-epas-ethanol-blend-law-to-supreme-court/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl9|sec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D274459

so the lead continues to go up. have the g/f scoping out new vehicles now that this seems to be going down hill. will pull another sample at 5K just to see how its doing. at that point it usually needs to be topped off anyway.

M1 can run was 3875 now running OE can. 3rd change for the KIA,will pull another at 20K

second change. filter was a no name from the quick lube place. change was same oil but I bought an M1 filter. have since picked up 6 OE filter for $6.50 each.

nothing special here just posted for trending purposes.

FF on KIA 2.0 NA engine. on a side note engine time was 184 hrs. as discussed in previous thread I'm going to be comparing hrs to mileage. current fill is Mobil bulk 5/20 w/no name filter. going forward I will be getting OEM filters as they seem to be pretty good.

54.5K on the clock. here is what I'm thinking,mom's mechanic is draining oil into common pan and then fill UOA bottle from there. does that make any sense or am I grasping at straws here? next go around I will pull oil myself and see what shakes out. thoughts

2.0L 4 banger total engine mileage 181300 so it's still tossing lead but that's a given going to go the full 10K this time out as the TBN has been holding and its only using a QT in between.used an oversize P1 filter that I cut open and was very clean.

got a 2012 KIA forte to replace my Sable for work. It doesn't have an OLM but it has an engine "timer" if you will.will see if it's resettable after the first change.you guys know where I'm going here so I don't have to spell it out. right now it has 1700 mi/89hrs on the FF. going to dump it at...

thoughts on the sodium /potassium here

so here is the latest installment of the 00 RAV analysis. just a little info on this last run. I did a "3 step" flush if you will before this run. it was something along the lines of what tpitcher did. 3K w/10oz LC20 followed by an Amsoil flush (old) and then another 3K w/10oz LC20. now this is...