2016 Subaru Forester 2.5 uoa comparison results

[swilson08]

Here are two oil samples from my Forester. One with amsoil 0w-20 one with HPl. Same weather conditions. Amsoil had 6k. Hpl had 8k. I can't complain with either results. not a perfect comparison because one is 6k miles the other 8k but still interesting to me. Just figured I'd share it.

 

[Patrick0525]

Difficult to read.

 

[Rand]

you need to trim your photos to the smallest size
get rid of margins, also maybe upload as several parts.

so they dont get resized into that hot mess.


properly trimmed:

 

[fantastic]

Thanks for sharing, You're using premium oil. At 6 & 8k nothing out of the ordinary. I know HPL uses a bit more Si additives.

 

[swilson08]

Thanks for sharing, You're using premium oil. At 6 & 8k nothing out of the ordinary. I know HPL uses a bit more Si additives.

Reply. I was thinking that about the si. Wonder if I should send a base oil sample to get real numbers so I know the oil starting point. Let's see how far I can push it.

 

[dnewton3]

Both UOAs indicate everything went well.

Singular UOAs (or even small sample sets) are not a means to properly judge relative performance of one lube to another.
read this ... https://bobistheoilguy.com/used-oil-analysis-how-to-decide-what-is-normal/

 

[fantastic]

Reply. I was thinking that about the si. Wonder if I should send a base oil sample to get real numbers so I know the oil starting point. Let's see how far I can push it.

Have you looked at @himemsys new oil database for that oil? It might already be listed.

 

[Gasbuggy]

Does anyone else hate the format that all the other companies use? I feel like Blackstone is the only company with a logical layout