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Originally Posted By: Vlad_the_Russian
Well... The results provided by Merk kinda speak for themselves. 5k OCI for me.
Except without the history and service life of those pictures, they are completely worthless. Armchair bench racing is a BITOG specialty and little (if any) quantifiable evidence is typically provided--as is the case with these photos. In the end, to a very large degree most engines can run on extended OCIs, but one has to be willing to "do the math" before starting on such a quest. There are plenty of photos of engines with 10K+ OCIs which do not have varnish or sludge, but those do not count as they do not meet the "agenda".
Well... The results provided by Merk kinda speak for themselves. 5k OCI for me.
Except without the history and service life of those pictures, they are completely worthless. Armchair bench racing is a BITOG specialty and little (if any) quantifiable evidence is typically provided--as is the case with these photos. In the end, to a very large degree most engines can run on extended OCIs, but one has to be willing to "do the math" before starting on such a quest. There are plenty of photos of engines with 10K+ OCIs which do not have varnish or sludge, but those do not count as they do not meet the "agenda".