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Another quart for that odd amount over 5 qts.

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Anyone know the Conoco-Phillips date codes, or is this a Ford marking
 
One single solitary quart of Super Tech SAE 30 for my 24 year old Craftsman self propelled lawn mower. And a new spark plug and air filter FWIW.
That's the only oil that thing's ever had in it other than what it came filled with from the factory
 
One single solitary quart of Super Tech SAE 30 for my 24 year old Craftsman self propelled lawn mower. And a new spark plug and air filter FWIW.
That's the only oil that thing's ever had in it other than what it came filled with from the factory
You should have Supertech use you for a TV Commercial featuring the long life of your Craftsman mower engine on Supertech oil.
They could even have a commercial length film going in the background of your TV commercial, featuring Arnold Palmer in 1976 riding his Pennzoil farm tractor all over a well nurtured 18th Green at one of his famous golf courses.

Member Adam once did a VOA on Fram 30w here that had an add-pack (Phos/Zinc/Calc/Magn) built like those for SN Plus. I bought a quart and added it to the Kia during a 5w30 oil change, to beef the 100cst viscosity up one more number. That Kia only holds 4.2 quarts of oil and the little thicker oil helps the 2.0 engine.
 
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I was at Walmart and they had Valvoline Full Synthetic 5W30 on sale for $34.94 CAD per 5 Litre Jug, so I picked up 2 jugs for work, they'll reimburse me when I submit the receipt. This is for the 2018 GMC Canyon with 3.6L V6 which needs its 6 month oil & filter. I have the Hengst filter on the shelf at work already.
 
My order of N42SH bar magnets and grade 26 Somarium Cobalt disc has arrived. Looking forward to trying these out in magnetic assisted filtration. Was way cheaper than getting a Filtermag which was overpriced IMO.

Really strong stuff, had to slide them off. Also accidentally chipped some of the samarium cobalt disc.

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My order of N42SH bar magnets and grade 26 Somarium Cobalt disc has arrived. Looking forward to trying these out in magnetic assisted filtration. Was way cheaper than getting a Filtermag which was overpriced IMO.

Really strong stuff, had to slide them off. Also accidentally chipped some of the samarium cobalt disc.

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I hope you cut these open and post pics. I'm curious to see what the magnets catch
 
Had to top-off the oil in my 2018 Kia Soul + 2.0 GDI for the first time ever on 16 March. Car had 107,500 miles at the time and it was 4100 miles since the last oil change. I guess I'm doing better than most for oil consumption with this motor.

Stopped at Walmart and picked up a quart of my old favorite for future top-ups. Used this almost exclusively with my 2002 Ranger 3.0 V6 and racked up 200,000 trouble-free miles. Sold the truck to my best friend...who later sold it to another friend...and the motor is now on its thrid installation with nearly a half-million miles.

Had the oil changed last Monday at my friendly Kia dealer with 4611 miles on the last fill. Advised the service manager that it's starting to use oil and I suspected fuel dilution. They did the BG KF65 Platinum Air Intake, Valve & Combustion Chamber Cleaner treatment and BG 6579 EPR Engine Performance Restoration treatment. Car certainly seems happier now and fuel economy, which had been sagging, is now back up to as-new. We'll see if it nipped the oil consumption in the bud.
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Manufacturer recommends full synthetic and 5w30. You can find Motorcraft full syn 5w30 at numerous places online.
Aging engines like yours cut that consumption with 0w40 SP. Mobil-1 Euro in SP cert is a great choice and can be used year-round in 90% of continental USA.
 
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