And the point of this is?
Post a photo of your oil on dipstick (with miles)
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Over 100.000 
I'd like to see a UOA on that oil.
And that poor oil filter that has how many miles on it?
That oil looks like road tar.
So do I - that's why I'm doing this long time experiment.I'd like to see a UOA on that oil.
According to conventional "wisdom", the motor should be long dead - but actually it's still running fine.
And yeah, the filter has the same miles.
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I'm waiting till the engine dies.
Than I do some forensics - UOA, filter dissection, taking the engine apart etc.
I just want to know (like in real world experience), how long you can go that way, before something bad happens,
and what exactly fails first.
Than I do some forensics - UOA, filter dissection, taking the engine apart etc.
I just want to know (like in real world experience), how long you can go that way, before something bad happens,
and what exactly fails first.
So, you have the Mobil Clean not Mobil Super correct?Mine has been hanging out in my garage for about 5 or 6 years, I got it on rebate for about 6 or 7 bucks for a 5 quart jug, back before everything went through the roof. I have way more oil than I probably should, but it was all purchased on rebate. Sometimes I still wander down the oil aisle, then realize I've already got way more than I know what to do with
Kokopelli34179
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Nisssn MR20DE
2011 Sentra S
Valvoline Maxlife High Mileage Synth Blen (Red jug)
113 days, 1165 miles on oil.
2011 Sentra S
Valvoline Maxlife High Mileage Synth Blen (Red jug)
113 days, 1165 miles on oil.
Yes sir, Mobil Clean 5,000 5W-30
I feel like I missed something could you elaborate a little
1996 Chevy K1500 350 Vortec, 281,965 miles on truck, 850 miles on oil. Chevron Supreme 5W-30, MGL57099 filter. We had a hard time getting it to focus on the dipstick, she took a bunch of pictures and these two seemed to be the best of the bunch.
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My tiny dipstick again, for your viewing pleasure. 150 miles after ^that^ post.
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HPL No VII 5W-30, ice cold engine not started yet in the morning, dipstick wiped once then these pics taken.
Mileage on oil? 260,062 miles minus zero mile on oil in sig. Not the Taurus nor Sentra.
Added 3/10ths a quart yesterday before trip home to get level looking that good. Looks like I'm getting good at the level. Will look for change.
Looks like full up to the dot cold for me, maybe that's technically some low fractions if a quart overfull then since dot denotes max hot oil level...
Mileage on oil? 260,062 miles minus zero mile on oil in sig. Not the Taurus nor Sentra.
Added 3/10ths a quart yesterday before trip home to get level looking that good. Looks like I'm getting good at the level. Will look for change.
Looks like full up to the dot cold for me, maybe that's technically some low fractions if a quart overfull then since dot denotes max hot oil level...
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13' Lincoln MKZ 3.7L. about 2600 miles on the oil but HPL Engine Cleaner was added about 2200 miles ago, changing tomorrow. Oil was at temp.
Thought you said the notch above the full cold top hole is the full hot level, which would make sense if the top hole is the cold full mark. What you need to do to verify, it check the oil stone cold in the morning. After driving and getting the oil fully hot, go back to the same level spot and check the oil hot 15 minutes after shutting off the engine. Then you know how much the oil level moves up on the dipstick from cold to hot.
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I probably worded that a little confusingly, I had my oil filled to that level, supposed to indicating maximum when full hot, when cold.. so, let's get in-depth.
Here I came in at about 5:01p.m. just after work and checked it at 5:14p.m. didn't wipe the dipstick and...
Please keep in mind that my dipstick seems to make no sense and that I dislike it. Reading it is a chore.
I then wiped it off and checked the level again.. wiped it, reinserted, pulled out.. got this.
That's 13 minutes after shutdown.
So I went to my last remaining HPL... 3/10ths of a quart or perhaps 11 ounces, just over 3/10ths a quart...
I poured it in. I love that color...
And this remained...
Ok. Thought I had a pic but 1/10th a quart or 4 ounces HPL remains in the bottle.
So I then drove until 5:50p.m., came back in, forgot to check the level and went out and drove again from 7:15p.m. to 8p.m. and checked it again at 8:15p.m. and pulled it out without wiping and saw this...
(It looks to be 1/4 up full hot)
So, again, the dipstick that mystifies me. Wiped, reinserted, and I get this on one side. With and without flash...
And the other side looks like this.
That's HPL No VII 5W-30.. miles on car is 260,866 minus Zero mile on the oil.
I can check it again in the morning for stone cold.
I will do that when the sun comes up.
HPL No VII 5W-30. 2,103 miles on oil. Should I cut the filter open today, (same amount of miles on it) or after the HPL trip? What is "Carbonic paste" and may we see? I'll let the board decide if I should cut filter open today so a new one is on for the long trip, to see dirt collected etc.. or to wait for more miles. Separate thread there.
Okay! Sun is up. MADDENINGLY hard to get good shot of this oil on the disptick.
The last two are of it stone cold, first thing in the morning. Oil level looks 100% full, to the F mark on dipstick. Car mileage is 260,866 so again oil mileage is 2,103 on the @High Performance Lubricants 5W-30 NO VII oil; Oil pan was re-sealed during this OCI, several hundred miles after 0 mile on oil. 5/13/23
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