2014 CRV valve cover removed after 800 miles of HPL EC-30.

[Herringj397]

About a month ago we bought a 2014 CRV for my wife. Looked a little dirty under the oil cap so I wanted to run a cycle of HPL EC-30 (with 4 quarts of Supertech All-Mileage 5W30). Had the valve cover off today to replace the VTC actuator spring (it has been rattling upon first start in the morning) and thought I'd take a picture. As of now, the engine has ran about 800 miles with the HPL solvent in the crankcase. The directions say to run it 2000 miles, and I'll make that quick driving it 200 miles round trip to work. No sludge, but man did the old varnish turn the top end gold lol.

 

[KGMtech]

Looking good.

 

[Oliveoil2]

Looks good. Miles??

 

[Herringj397]

Bought it used last month with just under 122k miles.

 

[Trav]

Good time to check the valve adjustment.

 

[Thermo1223]

I ran mine till 4k and just changed the filter at 2k just in case it was getting overloaded. Both filters were surprisingly clean, but the oil was definitely dark towards the end.

 

[Herringj397]

I'm going to change the Fram Ultra at the end of 2k miles.

 

[burbguy82]

It seems like HPL might just have products that do what they say they are going to do. I have no experience with them, but they sure do have some loyalty on here.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Looks good

 

[The Critic]

Looks like lots of 10K interval 0W20 oil changes.

 

[Astro14]

Looks pretty good actually. But HPL is not a “solvent”. It’s oil.

 

[LazyDog]

Might be time for a new PCV valve too.

 

[Herringj397]

I changed the PCV last weekend. It was barely rattling and had a significant buildup of oil residue.

 

[Herringj397]

Looks pretty good actually. But HPL is not a “solvent”. It’s oil.

Is there an option to edit my original post? I searched, but could not find any.

 

[centertex]

Looks like lots of 10K interval 0W20 oil changes.

Interesting. Will you please explain? My car specifies 0w-20 so your comment makes me want more detail of what you mean.

 

[nicholas]

10k usually leaves lots of varnish in Honda's.

 

[GSCJR]

Had the valve cover off today to replace the VTC actuator spring (it has been rattling upon first start in the morning)

Any tips? I'll being doing this soon.

 

[wpod]

What did under the valve cover look like before the HPL ?

 

[Plawan]

Looks pretty good actually. But HPL is not a “solvent”. It’s oil.

Isn’t ester actually an organic solvent?

 

[Revving2Redline]

10k usually leaves lots of varnish in Honda's.

Ran all my OLM to at least 15 or < at which I was way past 10k miles. Lived on either M1 0w30 with top off of Redline Oil, or Redline 5w30 with Mobil 1 top off. Oil change intervals more important on stop and go,lower quality fuel/oil,etc. I still remember when 5k on synthetic oil was a lot