Vehicle: My 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid that has been converted to use a dual remote filter; one of which is a bypass.
Date of oil being placed into service: May 4th 2014
Odometer at time of oil change: 61,828
Oil used: 6.25 quarts Pennzoil Ultra 5w-20 SN/GF-5 full synthetic.
Oil Filter: Amsoil EaO15 full-flow and EaBP90 bypass filter. Both filters were removed, drained and reinstalled at the time of the oil change. Both filters have 15,032 miles on them.
Top Up: None
Air filter: ACDelco A3157C Professional
Date of sample: April 30th 2015
Miles on oil: 3,961
Miles on vehicle at time of sample: 65,789
Oil Analysis Lab: ALS Tribology, Georgia branch, using a NAPA FIL 4077 sample kit.
Previous oil used: Pennzoil Ultra 5w-20 SN/GF-5
Current oil: Oil was not changed, just sampled.
I ran this until my oil life monitor told me to change my oil, then sampled it. This oil was in service for a year and less than 4,000 miles of mostly short trips, so the OLM did a very low mileage interval. I would say that the car is being very conservative, since there is a remaining TBN of 4.4
The air filter has been in place since 54,484 miles, and has not been removed, nor the air box opened. The Filter Minder still shows zero measurable restriction. At only 3ppm of silicon, I am incredibly impressed by these AC Delco Professional air filters.
Date of oil being placed into service: May 4th 2014
Odometer at time of oil change: 61,828
Oil used: 6.25 quarts Pennzoil Ultra 5w-20 SN/GF-5 full synthetic.
Oil Filter: Amsoil EaO15 full-flow and EaBP90 bypass filter. Both filters were removed, drained and reinstalled at the time of the oil change. Both filters have 15,032 miles on them.
Top Up: None
Air filter: ACDelco A3157C Professional
Date of sample: April 30th 2015
Miles on oil: 3,961
Miles on vehicle at time of sample: 65,789
Oil Analysis Lab: ALS Tribology, Georgia branch, using a NAPA FIL 4077 sample kit.
Previous oil used: Pennzoil Ultra 5w-20 SN/GF-5
Current oil: Oil was not changed, just sampled.
I ran this until my oil life monitor told me to change my oil, then sampled it. This oil was in service for a year and less than 4,000 miles of mostly short trips, so the OLM did a very low mileage interval. I would say that the car is being very conservative, since there is a remaining TBN of 4.4
The air filter has been in place since 54,484 miles, and has not been removed, nor the air box opened. The Filter Minder still shows zero measurable restriction. At only 3ppm of silicon, I am incredibly impressed by these AC Delco Professional air filters.