All right, after my UOA last week on the Grand Marquis, I'm back with one on the Town Car. I took this sample early because of two reasons. One: This car has been short tripped all of its life. Only recently has it started to be driven much more consistently than before. Wear metals are slightly higher on a PPM per mile basis than usual, for only ~2k miles, but I'm leaning towards corrosion buildup. This car also sat for about 2.5 years after the elderly lady who owned it passed away.
The second reason I changed it early is because the old air filter I pulled out was warped on one side and I was worried it may have not sealed properly inside the air filter box. Based on this report, I don't know how much dirt it was sucking in. Hopefully it wasn't? I'm not sure. So far though, this car does not seem to burn a single drop, but again, super short run, so that's not surprising. What it looks like this car needs is to just be driven and hopefully the wear will decrease over time. Overall, not bad, I suppose.
The second reason I changed it early is because the old air filter I pulled out was warped on one side and I was worried it may have not sealed properly inside the air filter box. Based on this report, I don't know how much dirt it was sucking in. Hopefully it wasn't? I'm not sure. So far though, this car does not seem to burn a single drop, but again, super short run, so that's not surprising. What it looks like this car needs is to just be driven and hopefully the wear will decrease over time. Overall, not bad, I suppose.