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glad to hear that things are stable. nothing worse than hearing the worst outcome possible in bike accidents. sucks to hear about the K75. First bike I learned on and its a solid performer. Father in law still has that bike and would nothing more than to see it leave his garage.

40wt seems to be the sweet spot with this engine. Kia actually specs high visc for high temps. I have used 20-40 was and it likes the heavy stuff. Probably go with whatever strong 40wt is most cost effective.

Those were Blackstone's comments. They suggest a 11k OCI. Once the DEFY is done I might go back to the 0w40. I'm interested to see what Rotella 5w40 might do in this application.

All numbers are minor variance from sample taken at 6000 miles found here. 6000 Miles 0w40 ALUMINUM 3 CHROMIUM 1 IRON 10 COPPER 6 LEAD 0 TIN 0 MOLYBDENUM 80 NICKEL 2 MANGANEESE 0 SILVER 0 TITANIUM 0 POTASSIUM 9 BORON 132 SILICON 14 SODIUM 7 CALCIUM 2811 MAGNESIUM 19 PHOSPHORUS 796 ZINC 961...

Pretty boring results....

My numbers have been pretty solid too with an avg of 7000-9000 per fill depending on what it was filled with. I've used, PU, PP, M1, max life, defy and G-oil. The only fill the car hated was castrol titanium. As much noise as the m1 makes, the castrol was even worse. PU, PP and Defy are the...

Miles on vehicle 95000 Miles on sample 6000 Avg Typical Miles 4200 ALUMINUM 2 CHROMIUM 1 IRON 10 COPPER 6 LEAD 0 TIN 0 MOLYBDENUM 89 NICKEL 0 MANGANEESE 0 SILVER 0 TITANIUM 0 POTASSIUM 3 BORON 138 SILICON 14 SODIUM 7 CALCIUM 2970 MAGNESIUM 19 PHOSPHORUS 944 ZINC 1044 BARIUM 0 TBN 3.2 SUS 70.9...

2005 kia sportage ex 2.7L Out. Defy 5w30. Purolator classic In. m1 0w40. Fram ultra

1000 miles into the M1 0-40 and things are doing well. Much quieter and very little of a mileage hit thus far. Oil seems to have darkened quite quickly compared to the castrol. Already added .5 qt makeup where as the castrol never budged in 4000+. Side note....found g-oil for the cheap and...

2005 Kia Sportage EX V6 76XXX miles out: Castrol Edge Titanium 5w20 (4200miles) in: Mobil1 0w40 Filter: FU stayed

couldnt take the RACKET that the castrol was making. It was noisy from day one and only got worse with mileage. I yanked the oil (4200 miles) and left the FU filter in place and put Mobil 0w40 in. I didnt even care to try a UOA on the castrol because there is no way I would ever go back to it...

My 05 Kia sportage does the same thing. Not sure what the cause but the OUAs show no problems.

Everything you wanted, needed to know http://www.zeckhausen.com/bleeding_brakes.htm

Castrol run is noisier than PU run....

Extremely common, especially for vw