The truck has been run on 5W30 Pennzoil Ultra Platinum with 5,000 mile intervals since coming off Toyota Care about 6 years (and 60,000 miles) ago. Before the PUP, it was Toyota 0W20. I don’t want a viscosity discussion here, but I got several jugs of the PUP for a very low price, and it is close enough.
I’ve used Toyota filters exclusively. They’re inexpensive, and the quality is excellent. Thick media. NO flaws, holes, tears, etc. and substantial glue/compound on the end caps. I didn’t take a picture before looking at the media but they are great filters. You can just see the glue/end caps in the photo, next to the knife. They’re substantial enough that I could not cut them with the brand new blade in the utility knife. I had to cut around them.
So, great filters. Happy about that.
What’s interesting - those tiny bits of carbon in the filter pleats - the same as seen in my Volvos. Less in quantity, but the same carbon as seen in this thread:
The same carbon as @wwillson has seen in his. I had thought the carbon to be an artifact of the HPL cleaning in other engines. Now, I’m not so certain. Perhaps that PUP is cleaning just as well - or, more properly, keeping the engine clean, removing those bits as they’re created?
I wonder.
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I’ve used Toyota filters exclusively. They’re inexpensive, and the quality is excellent. Thick media. NO flaws, holes, tears, etc. and substantial glue/compound on the end caps. I didn’t take a picture before looking at the media but they are great filters. You can just see the glue/end caps in the photo, next to the knife. They’re substantial enough that I could not cut them with the brand new blade in the utility knife. I had to cut around them.
So, great filters. Happy about that.
What’s interesting - those tiny bits of carbon in the filter pleats - the same as seen in my Volvos. Less in quantity, but the same carbon as seen in this thread:
Filter pictures HPL 0W30 6,000 miles, 2002 Volvo XC70
I have been using HPL 0W30 Euro formula in my wife’s 2002 Volvo XC70. It’s a mildly turbocharged 2.4 liter 5 cylinder. The engine has 286,000 miles, all original, nothing beyond seals replaced. It has a relatively new, and clean, PCV system. The engine itself is clean inside, through there is a...
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The same carbon as @wwillson has seen in his. I had thought the carbon to be an artifact of the HPL cleaning in other engines. Now, I’m not so certain. Perhaps that PUP is cleaning just as well - or, more properly, keeping the engine clean, removing those bits as they’re created?
I wonder.
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