Patman
Staff member
As much as I'm very interested in seeing this UOA on my sister's oil, I hope that you guys don't base your decisions on this one UOA!
On the one hand, my sister's car is easy on the oil since she drives all highway and piles on the miles very fast. So if the report looks awesome, a major part of that is due to the driving conditions.
At the same time, if it comes back looking less than stellar, it's possible that her particular engine is tighter, and might not like the thicker viscosity of this oil.
As I mentioned here recently, my sister is now planning on moving out to Vancouver, and will not be taking her car, so I'll only have this UOA and one more and then that's it. Her second UOA will have probably 7 or 8k on it, but not much more than that now, not if she leaves in less than 6 months like she's planning. I was hoping to see an interval closer to 10k or more, but that's not going to happen now.
I will be running this oil in my mom's 94 Probe GT starting this fall, but she only drives about 60 to 70 miles a week now, so her UOAs won't have too much mileage on them. I'll be changing her oil twice a year though, once in the fall and then once in the spring.
[ June 24, 2003, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Patman ]
On the one hand, my sister's car is easy on the oil since she drives all highway and piles on the miles very fast. So if the report looks awesome, a major part of that is due to the driving conditions.
At the same time, if it comes back looking less than stellar, it's possible that her particular engine is tighter, and might not like the thicker viscosity of this oil.
As I mentioned here recently, my sister is now planning on moving out to Vancouver, and will not be taking her car, so I'll only have this UOA and one more and then that's it. Her second UOA will have probably 7 or 8k on it, but not much more than that now, not if she leaves in less than 6 months like she's planning. I was hoping to see an interval closer to 10k or more, but that's not going to happen now.
I will be running this oil in my mom's 94 Probe GT starting this fall, but she only drives about 60 to 70 miles a week now, so her UOAs won't have too much mileage on them. I'll be changing her oil twice a year though, once in the fall and then once in the spring.
[ June 24, 2003, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Patman ]