Photo: under valve cover. 16 Trax 80K.

[hardcore302]

Had to replace the valve cover today. Pcv is integrated into the valve cover and intake. Waiting on the intake to fail...
Anywho here is a pic with the cover off. Got it at 25K and have been using name brand full synthetic. 90K now. Going by OLM.

 

[JavierH19]

Not bad. Doing olm intervals?

 

[Bjornviken]

not really clean engine if you ask me

 

[hardcore302]

Not bad. Doing olm intervals?

Yes olm.

 

[joekingcorvette]

That's awesome!

 

[PontiacHO]

Name of “name brand”?

 

[atikovi]

Yes olm.

No offense but you wouldn't have all that varnish if it was changed every 5K. GM put that on there so they could advertise their cars as low maintenance vehicles. My 500,000 mile Toyota engine looked cleaner.

 

[hardcore302]

Name of “name brand”?

Usually castrol. Recently pennzoil

 

[simple_gifts]

GM put that on there so they could advertise their cars as low maintenance vehicles.

What really is the deficiency here other than your not liking "the looks of it"

 

[56Cummins]

My 90k mile ford looked identical using motorcraft 5w20 the last 40k miles. 7500mile intervals. Looks good to me.

 

[atikovi]

What really is the deficiency here other than your not liking "the looks of it"

All that varnish buildup.

 

[Big E]

If one of my vehicles looked like that I would not be happy.

Maybe my standards are just too high.

 

[PontiacHO]

Usually castrol. Recently pennzoil

You posted so I assume you are wondering. Forget the OLM and change at 5K. Varnish like that can stick rings and harden seals including valve seals.

 

[wemay]

I don't think the varnish is a result of the oil, more-so the OCI. Nor do i think continuing on this course will damage anything.

 

[TheOilWizard]

Going by OLM.

How long of an interval was this generally? Time and mileage wise.

 

[simple_gifts]

Nor do i think continuing on this course will damage anything.

It damages atikovi's aesthetic. j/k

 

[atikovi]

It damages atikovi's aesthetic. j/k

All good. I have plenty of pics of much higher mileage cars with cleaner looking engines.

 

[hardcore302]

How long of an interval was this generally? Time and mileage wise.

Perhaps 8 or 9K.

 

[Soft Cars]

I'd be tempted to run a couple of OCIs with Red Line. I hear that stuff is an aggressive varnish remover with its Ester.

 

[addyguy]

Seen a few of these that look this rough with varnish. The 1.4 Ecotec turbo is hard on oil.