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Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson Looks like those break in wear metals are starting to settle out. It will be interesting to see your next report. That 5W-20 seems to be doing just fine great TBN. Yes, next time there will be an analysis of the Kendall GT-1 Max 5W-20 - with Wix 51344 filter...

Originally Posted by PimTac That moly number looks low. And look, barium appeared too - this oil was bought in the spring of 2016 on Amazon.

engine (G4KJ) - R4 2.4L

For comparison with the previous analysis - dealer oil

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tCBLSnE1u9c Originally Posted by Gubkin Use 10w-40 for this GDI Yes, yes - we know these insinuations. That it is better to use SAE 50 oil for these engines and that SAE 40 can have an unpredictable wear effect, and using SAE 20 generally resembles flirting with a...

Originally Posted by demarpaint Aside from detecting problems with leaking injectors, poor air filtration, or a coolant leak into the oil not much else can be determined from a UOA on such a new engine. I'm not a fan of dealer bulk oil for the reasons already mentioned. Your conclusions are...

Yes, in the service bill for the work performed it was written that: Changed the oil in the motor, changed the oil filter and changed the drain plug. Now is poured Mobil 1 EP 5W-20 oil into the engine, then we'll look at UOA - let's compare dealer mineral motor oil with real PAO synthetics oil.

The wear figures jumped almost three times compared to the previous oil and twice as much as the factory oil. I think they can use some kind of filters to clean the used oil and add some kind of conditioner to refresh the resulting oil mixture - otherwise I can't explain such an additive...

It is completely unclear what kind of motor oil from the barrel is used at the Rick Case Duluth Service Center?

Oil: Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic SAE 5W-20; The car: Kia Optima FE (JF) '16, 2.4L - G4KJ, AT; Time on unite: 21 745 miles; Time on oil: 5 059 miles; Average speed: ~ 24 mph; Replenishing the oil: No; Presence of deposits in the engine BEFORE: Not visible; Presence of deposits in the engine...

Oil from Costco

Why so much silicon? The air filter changed this time, not to say that it was heavily soiled.

Originally Posted By: Danno How many miles on the previous oil change? I believe, not more than one and a half thousand miles. I bought this car with that oil and replaced it the next day.