My 1988 Escort XR3i, not great, blame the previous owner who changed the oil when he felt like changing it, which was almost never!!
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What's the inside of your engine look like?!
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My 1975 Capri 3000 V6, 182k miles
Been on a diet of 10W-40 or 20W-50 nearly all its life.
In the last 5 years mostly Valvoline VR1 and Shell Helix
Not bad
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My 1975 Capri 3000 V6, 182k miles
Been on a diet of 10W-40 or 20W-50 nearly all its life.
In the last 5 years mostly Valvoline VR1 and Shell Helix
Not bad
https://flic.kr/p/26pUctA
Originally Posted by buster
While all these engines are clean, if I had to rank them, the engines running Redline look the cleanest lol.
I would consider the mileage on those two Redline examples and compare it to Tig1's photo using Mobil1 20 grade at a quarter of a million miles.
While all these engines are clean, if I had to rank them, the engines running Redline look the cleanest lol.
I would consider the mileage on those two Redline examples and compare it to Tig1's photo using Mobil1 20 grade at a quarter of a million miles.
Originally Posted by harry j
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I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
That's as clean as, or cleaner than some engines posted on this site with 1/5th or even less the miles on them. Nice!
I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
That's as clean as, or cleaner than some engines posted on this site with 1/5th or even less the miles on them. Nice!
2011 BMW 335is . No idea it's history before 89 000KM. Here it is at 125 000KM
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My 18HP generator.
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yes sir... Redline is Mr. Clean for engines
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Originally Posted by 330indy
yes sir... Redline is Mr. Clean for engines
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yes sir... Redline is Mr. Clean for engines
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Exactly why when I see my OLM at 50% and I have 4K on a synthetic blend I change the oil. If I were to actually believe the monitor I'd have Mobil Ap or castrol edge in it that says 20k on the bottle. My 08 impala is the first GM I've ever owned and once I got the worthless afm shut off I like the car.
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
Originally Posted by dave1251
Originally Posted by GaryPoe
Originally Posted by Talent_Keyhole
GM 2.4l, Ecotec, with GDI, 89K miles, on quick lube oil changes and following the bogus Oil Life Monitor. This was taken during a timing chain replacement. Thankful it only slipped a few teeth and did not destroy the pistons and valves.
So we have an oil related engine failure and nobody acknowledges? Funny. Where are all the "oil will never cause an engine to fail" people at on this one?
How are you able to determine this is a lubercant related failure? Are you able to sample the oil, conduct a tear down, measure, and recreate the failure via this forum?
It's not oil related due to the oil used, its oil related due to the piece of garbage GM OLMs weve all come to know and love
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
Originally Posted by dave1251
Originally Posted by GaryPoe
Originally Posted by Talent_Keyhole
GM 2.4l, Ecotec, with GDI, 89K miles, on quick lube oil changes and following the bogus Oil Life Monitor. This was taken during a timing chain replacement. Thankful it only slipped a few teeth and did not destroy the pistons and valves.
So we have an oil related engine failure and nobody acknowledges? Funny. Where are all the "oil will never cause an engine to fail" people at on this one?
How are you able to determine this is a lubercant related failure? Are you able to sample the oil, conduct a tear down, measure, and recreate the failure via this forum?
It's not oil related due to the oil used, its oil related due to the piece of garbage GM OLMs weve all come to know and love
Originally Posted by D1dad
Exactly why when I see my OLM at 50% and I have 4K on a synthetic blend I change the oil. If I were to actually believe the monitor I'd have Mobil Ap or castrol edge in it that says 20k on the bottle. My 08 impala is the first GM I've ever owned and once I got the worthless afm shut off I like the car.
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
Originally Posted by dave1251
Originally Posted by GaryPoe
Exactly why when I see my OLM at 50% and I have 4K on a synthetic blend I change the oil. If I were to actually believe the monitor I'd have Mobil Ap or castrol edge in it that says 20k on the bottle. My 08 impala is the first GM I've ever owned and once I got the worthless afm shut off I like the car.
Originally Posted by GumbyJarvis
Originally Posted by dave1251
Originally Posted by GaryPoe
Talent_Keyhole said:
Originally Posted by 330indy
yes sir... Redline is Mr. Clean for engines
Well ya. When metal is constantly being polished off the surface it should look super clean.
yes sir... Redline is Mr. Clean for engines
Well ya. When metal is constantly being polished off the surface it should look super clean.
*Secret To A Clean Engine* ? ... I'll take a stab at it below :
- Use D1 / Gen 2 / SN+ Synthetic Oil (Mobil 1 or Pennzoil Platinum are not a bad place to start) ; higher mileage engines use Mobil 1 High Mileage Synthetic Oil (more detergents)
- Use a good quality oil filter
- Error on the side of shorter OCI's (i.e. 5K mile OCI )
- Keep PCV valve in good working order (clean or replace as required)
- Every 20K miles run Seafoam using 1 oz. per quart of oil capacity through the crank case for last 100 ~ 300 miles before oil change OR substituting one quart of oil with 1 qrt. of Rislone for the oil OCI
- Use Top Tier gasoline
- Every 5K miles run a bottle of Techron (or other PEA based gas additive cleaner) to fuel tank and run down below 1/4th of a tank left right before oil change
The above is all I know to do - no matter , some engines just are better at staying clean (due to design) than other engines ... Until someone shows me a better engine cleanliness protocol - I'll stick to what I listed above .
- Use D1 / Gen 2 / SN+ Synthetic Oil (Mobil 1 or Pennzoil Platinum are not a bad place to start) ; higher mileage engines use Mobil 1 High Mileage Synthetic Oil (more detergents)
- Use a good quality oil filter
- Error on the side of shorter OCI's (i.e. 5K mile OCI )
- Keep PCV valve in good working order (clean or replace as required)
- Every 20K miles run Seafoam using 1 oz. per quart of oil capacity through the crank case for last 100 ~ 300 miles before oil change OR substituting one quart of oil with 1 qrt. of Rislone for the oil OCI
- Use Top Tier gasoline
- Every 5K miles run a bottle of Techron (or other PEA based gas additive cleaner) to fuel tank and run down below 1/4th of a tank left right before oil change
The above is all I know to do - no matter , some engines just are better at staying clean (due to design) than other engines ... Until someone shows me a better engine cleanliness protocol - I'll stick to what I listed above .
Originally Posted by harry j
I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
Very nice! So clean, and the metal is not even really discolored at all! Mind me asking what oil you are using?
I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
Very nice! So clean, and the metal is not even really discolored at all! Mind me asking what oil you are using?
Originally Posted by njohnson
Originally Posted by harry j
I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
Very nice! So clean, and the metal is not even really discolored at all! Mind me asking what oil you are using?
Good question!
Maybe more conservative oci as well?
Originally Posted by harry j
I have 560,000 miles on my Civic now, I think There was 541,000 miles when I had my valves adjusted.
Very nice! So clean, and the metal is not even really discolored at all! Mind me asking what oil you are using?
Good question!
Maybe more conservative oci as well?
Originally Posted by ChrisD46
*Secret To A Clean Engine* ? ... I'll take a stab at it below :
- Use D1 / Gen 2 / SN+ Synthetic Oil (Mobil 1 or Pennzoil Platinum are not a bad place to start) ; higher mileage engines use Mobil 1 High Mileage Synthetic Oil (more detergents)
- Use a good quality oil filter
- Error on the side of shorter OCI's (i.e. 5K mile OCI )
- Keep PCV valve in good working order (clean or replace as required)
- Every 20K miles run Seafoam using 1 oz. per quart of oil capacity through the crank case for last 100 ~ 300 miles before oil change OR substituting one quart of oil with 1 qrt. of Rislone for the oil OCI
- Use Top Tier gasoline
- Every 5K miles run a bottle of Techron (or other PEA based gas additive cleaner) to fuel tank and run down below 1/4th of a tank left right before oil change
The above is all I know to do - no matter , some engines just are better at staying clean (due to design) than other engines ... Until someone shows me a better engine cleanliness protocol - I'll stick to what I listed above .
I can agree with most here but shorter OCI's only if you're a heavy city driver vs highway. 90% highway? go 8-10K easy assuming you don't have an engine that burns oil or dilutes it with fuel.
PCV being user serviceable is something new to me and I never realized. I'm changing mine this weekend.
Top tier gas is another thing I'm not so sure of. I don't know if I've ever noticed a 'bad gas' fill up in my life.
I don't love the idea of oil cleaning additives unless you inherited a crusty engine but even then, I'd just run good cleaning full synthetic and let it slowly do it's job.
*Secret To A Clean Engine* ? ... I'll take a stab at it below :
- Use D1 / Gen 2 / SN+ Synthetic Oil (Mobil 1 or Pennzoil Platinum are not a bad place to start) ; higher mileage engines use Mobil 1 High Mileage Synthetic Oil (more detergents)
- Use a good quality oil filter
- Error on the side of shorter OCI's (i.e. 5K mile OCI )
- Keep PCV valve in good working order (clean or replace as required)
- Every 20K miles run Seafoam using 1 oz. per quart of oil capacity through the crank case for last 100 ~ 300 miles before oil change OR substituting one quart of oil with 1 qrt. of Rislone for the oil OCI
- Use Top Tier gasoline
- Every 5K miles run a bottle of Techron (or other PEA based gas additive cleaner) to fuel tank and run down below 1/4th of a tank left right before oil change
The above is all I know to do - no matter , some engines just are better at staying clean (due to design) than other engines ... Until someone shows me a better engine cleanliness protocol - I'll stick to what I listed above .
I can agree with most here but shorter OCI's only if you're a heavy city driver vs highway. 90% highway? go 8-10K easy assuming you don't have an engine that burns oil or dilutes it with fuel.
PCV being user serviceable is something new to me and I never realized. I'm changing mine this weekend.
Top tier gas is another thing I'm not so sure of. I don't know if I've ever noticed a 'bad gas' fill up in my life.
I don't love the idea of oil cleaning additives unless you inherited a crusty engine but even then, I'd just run good cleaning full synthetic and let it slowly do it's job.
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Honda Fit/Jazz 1.3 2009 @57k miles. The car runs mostly on E100 (ethanol)
Oils used until today: Honda 10W30 (Mineral) up to 2016 / Honda 0W20 (2017~2018) / Shell Helix HX8 5W30 (2019) / Motul Syn-nergy 5W30 (current)
OCI's around 4-5k miles @ 1~1,5 years. Picture taken before the oil change:
Honda Fit/Jazz 1.3 2009 @57k miles. The car runs mostly on E100 (ethanol)
Oils used until today: Honda 10W30 (Mineral) up to 2016 / Honda 0W20 (2017~2018) / Shell Helix HX8 5W30 (2019) / Motul Syn-nergy 5W30 (current)
OCI's around 4-5k miles @ 1~1,5 years. Picture taken before the oil change:
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