Nice report! If you don’t mind me asking, why did you sell such a new car?
The Equinox just wasn't working out for me. I really need a truck. Hunting trips out west pulling trailers etc.. Since I have a GM employee discount I didn't lose any money in the switch.
Yes fresh stock from walmart
Look at the post. I did put a 1/2 quart of 0W-20 in to top it off. That's probably why it's thinner than normal.
Blackstone is horrible on measuring viscosity accurately. That 8.88 is probably 9.5 at least. 150 Moly, that's another error.
AFE 0W-30 starts at 10.5. Despite your adding of a little bit of 0W-20 it should still be at least 10.0. Blackstone is wrong. Don't waste your money on them again.
Black Stone is not wrong in this report. 8.8 cst is will within upper limit of 20 weight that maxes out at 9.3 cst. There was fuel present in this sample about 2%. Given this engine is TGDI it's expected to shear down quite easily within first couple thousand miles on OCI. 1 Pint of 0w-20 will not bring down viscosity much. Do you have any samples of 0w30 AFE with 5k + miles on TGDI staying above 10.0 cst?
9.5 with 4.1k miles. Again aside from HPL, Amsoil, Redline pretty much non existent for M1 AFE to stay in grade with 5k miles on GDI let alone TGDI. M1 AFE viscosity is pretty much toast after 2-3k every single time. OP had a best case scenario with almost all being highway miles in 5 days. That would of gotten destroyed in a normal OCI with commutes. Back to the subject again why does black stones viscosity sound wrong to you?I saw on a 2.7 turbo Bronco that was 9.5 with fuel.
Because I did multiple VOA's from them and viscosity was off by miles. That's why people here suggested I should use Oil Analyzer. They showed HPL Premium Plus 7.35, crazy. HPL is actually 8.87. They did the same to Amsoil. They showed PUP 5W-30 as 9.29, while Oil Analyzer showed 10.3 which matches exactly what Pennzoil says. I will upload screenshots tomorrow if you want. Good night
