I've been going blind reading all the used oil analysis and other information here for about a week and thought I'd finally make an introductory post.
I'm a maintenance nut, and keep my vehicles, motorcycles, and lawnmowers in like new condition for the entire time I own them. My equipment literally stays looking brand new and is maintained as such with all receipts and maintenance records filed for availability during re-sale.
Vehicles I currently own:
2002 Toyota 4Runner V6(3.4L) 4x4 Auto with TRD Supercharger and some other hop up goodies to get it to 240RWHP. I love this SUV but only drive it on weekends due to gas - ~2000 miles/6 months
2001 Honda Accord V6(3.0L) Coupe - Girlfriend's car that I maintain sees very few miles ~2500/6 months
1999 Honda Accord 4cyl(2.3L) Sedan - Bought this as a daily commuter last year. My girl and I car pool in this car and it sees quite a few miles ~15,000 miles/6 months
2005 Honda CBR1000RR Sport bike - this is just plain fun
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I run Castrol GTX 10W30 in the 4Runner and both Accords and have since they came in to my posession. I've had the 4Runner and V6 Accord for about 5 years. I've had the 4cyl Accord about 6 mos. I use Purolater Pure One oil filters on all the vehicles.
I run Repsol 10W50 4T Full Synthetic Racing oil in the 1000RR and use Mobil 1 oil filters.
I've got some oil analysis from Mobil 1 15W50 EP and Repsol 10W50 4T racing from the 1000RR both virgin samples as well as used samples. I'll get those posted in the UOA area, but for those that wanna sneak peek take a look at my website http://www.hooliganbiketech.net.
I've got three analysis kits coming for the 4Runner and both Accords. I'm curious as to how the 4Runner is doing with the supercharger installed (I've had it on about 10K miles). This analysis will have a lot of WOT runs as I dyno and road tuned it with the oil currently in the sump.
I'm also curious to the 1999 Accord's analysis as well since it sees the most miles. I bought it from my parents when they bought their 07 Civic EX coupe to replace this Accord. The Accord had 78K miles on it and was always garaged, lady driven, and all maintenance performed by Honda with some synthetic blend oil they talked my Mom in to, so it's in great shape as far as I can tell. It has 95,000 miles on it now and sees almost an exact 50/50 mix of city/hwy driving. It gets around 29mpg average.
Well, that's enough of a novel and probably more info than you guys/gals wanted. Be looking for used oil analysis in a week or two. I use Oilanalyzers Inc. for the analysis.
I'd really like to get to yearly oil changes on the 4Runner and V6 Accord since they see so few miles these days. I'm curious as to whether dino Castrol GTX 10W30 can handle that.
I'm a maintenance nut, and keep my vehicles, motorcycles, and lawnmowers in like new condition for the entire time I own them. My equipment literally stays looking brand new and is maintained as such with all receipts and maintenance records filed for availability during re-sale.
Vehicles I currently own:
2002 Toyota 4Runner V6(3.4L) 4x4 Auto with TRD Supercharger and some other hop up goodies to get it to 240RWHP. I love this SUV but only drive it on weekends due to gas - ~2000 miles/6 months
2001 Honda Accord V6(3.0L) Coupe - Girlfriend's car that I maintain sees very few miles ~2500/6 months
1999 Honda Accord 4cyl(2.3L) Sedan - Bought this as a daily commuter last year. My girl and I car pool in this car and it sees quite a few miles ~15,000 miles/6 months
2005 Honda CBR1000RR Sport bike - this is just plain fun
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I run Castrol GTX 10W30 in the 4Runner and both Accords and have since they came in to my posession. I've had the 4Runner and V6 Accord for about 5 years. I've had the 4cyl Accord about 6 mos. I use Purolater Pure One oil filters on all the vehicles.
I run Repsol 10W50 4T Full Synthetic Racing oil in the 1000RR and use Mobil 1 oil filters.
I've got some oil analysis from Mobil 1 15W50 EP and Repsol 10W50 4T racing from the 1000RR both virgin samples as well as used samples. I'll get those posted in the UOA area, but for those that wanna sneak peek take a look at my website http://www.hooliganbiketech.net.
I've got three analysis kits coming for the 4Runner and both Accords. I'm curious as to how the 4Runner is doing with the supercharger installed (I've had it on about 10K miles). This analysis will have a lot of WOT runs as I dyno and road tuned it with the oil currently in the sump.
I'm also curious to the 1999 Accord's analysis as well since it sees the most miles. I bought it from my parents when they bought their 07 Civic EX coupe to replace this Accord. The Accord had 78K miles on it and was always garaged, lady driven, and all maintenance performed by Honda with some synthetic blend oil they talked my Mom in to, so it's in great shape as far as I can tell. It has 95,000 miles on it now and sees almost an exact 50/50 mix of city/hwy driving. It gets around 29mpg average.
Well, that's enough of a novel and probably more info than you guys/gals wanted. Be looking for used oil analysis in a week or two. I use Oilanalyzers Inc. for the analysis.
I'd really like to get to yearly oil changes on the 4Runner and V6 Accord since they see so few miles these days. I'm curious as to whether dino Castrol GTX 10W30 can handle that.
