Looks better than the engine on my truck! Previous owner of the engine was on the lifetime oil change plan.
Under the Valve Cover... how's it lookin'?
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I wouldn't have expected it to look like that either, so most likely the result of PO's habits as many here think. We obsess on BITOG honestly, it's fine. A good cleaner might help your consumption, but it might not.
What we do have here is yet again confirmation that top tier modern oils are much better at keeping an engine clean then cleaning a dirty one.
What we do have here is yet again confirmation that top tier modern oils are much better at keeping an engine clean then cleaning a dirty one.
have you checked your Coolant Temperature Sensor? do your engine oil smell gasoline?
I think that engine must have been abused by the previous owner. Oil changes were rare.
I had a similar GM engine and posted pics of the valve train here... https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/under-valve-cover-pics-207-000-miles.291682/
I had a similar GM engine and posted pics of the valve train here... https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/under-valve-cover-pics-207-000-miles.291682/
Not a valve cover but here is the pcv valve being changed on my Audi A4 at around 80k miles. Mostly castrol 0w40 on 5k oci. I was pleased with the top end condition
And valve cover off my 2012 transit connect at 180 k miles with whatever oil was around at 10k oci
And valve cover off my 2012 transit connect at 180 k miles with whatever oil was around at 10k oci
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Nice and clean Audi engine
.Here is my honda engine run by euro 0w-30 and 0w-40 at 180k km.Attachments
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I think when you buy a car with 160,000 miles on it, all bets are off. That’s a lot of miles to try to clean up just by doing synthetic oil changes. I know it’s disappointing, and sure, try to clean it up with some products to maybe free up the rings, but at 224,000 miles, you keep on running it and regardless of what happens...get another 100,000 miles out of it.
I remember, back around 1963, a 16 year old cousin bought a used Ford with a 312 V8. He removed the valve covers. The sludge was so thick, you could remove it with an ice cream scoop. He did not have that car for long.
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@Hyundai Respecter since you mentioned it. This is what inside the fill hole looks like.
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Still looks dirty…..
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Some members would have been like Fred Sanford had they removed valve covers back in the '60s and '70s.
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You have to understand, this is an oil site, we like to see “spotless” under a valve cover. Yours definitely isn’t THAT. But I wouldn’t feel bad, my daughters 2008 Honda CRV looked a little like that at 120,000 miles when I adjusted the valves. At 180,000 now, I’m sure it looks a lot closer to what your engine looks like. And those are great engines. Some engines just have high spots where the oil tends to collect and varnish, I think these are those engines.
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Yeah, I think I would try the same if my engine was dirty. I may end up just trying HPL anyway based off all the good things I hear about it. I like companies with owners that will actually communicate with customers, it sounds like they are that type of company.
PCV swap on my Sportwagen around 85K. Mostly Liquimoly oils with multiple rounds of their Engine Flush. 5-7K OCIs. HPL for some of this (last ~10K) with their EC to start. This engine is >2x stock power and not driven lightly.
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