Ha! I knew that if I threw out some trolling bait, somebody would bite. I was simply having some fun. Engine oils don't have "candle wax" in them. And, IMO, the Pennz sludge thing is somewhat urban legend. My take on it is that many early multi-vis oils had some sludging issues and that Pennz took more blame because it was/is the most used brand. Consider all the anecdotal tales - every brand has given the best/worst performance. I personally got 300,000 miles out of a toilet paper filter and Wolf's Head oil. Pennzoil is now regarded as one of the best dino oils here at BITOG.
REGARDING MY QUESTION ABOVE: I went ahead and changed the oil in my new Dodge minivan at 1K. When held up to the sunlight, I couldn't believe how much tiny, silvery "metalflake" was floating in the used oil (like when changing old oil in a lawnmower). Are these wear/break in metal particles? How come the filter didn't strain this stuff out? I sure doesn't seem good to leave this stuff in there for 3 or more thousand miles.
Any comments?
[ May 16, 2004, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: doitmyself ]