Well, bullet dodged, it seems.
I had *two* "tearolator" filters , including this OCI sample, so figured I'd see a bunch of wear. All looks OK , save for nickel (again). Thoughts? Somewhere several years back someone posted about high Ni from cracking oil pick up tubes; AFAIK the bugeyes were not prone to this failure. Will keep searching. At least its stable over the last 25K mi/2 years (was 5 ppm then). Not thrilled with viscosities at the low end for a 40 grade in just
90% highway driving >65 MPH w/ occasional trips to redline. PureOne air filter.
]2014 scan[/url]
I had *two* "tearolator" filters , including this OCI sample, so figured I'd see a bunch of wear. All looks OK , save for nickel (again). Thoughts? Somewhere several years back someone posted about high Ni from cracking oil pick up tubes; AFAIK the bugeyes were not prone to this failure. Will keep searching. At least its stable over the last 25K mi/2 years (was 5 ppm then). Not thrilled with viscosities at the low end for a 40 grade in just
90% highway driving >65 MPH w/ occasional trips to redline. PureOne air filter.
]2014 scan[/url]