Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Originally Posted By: tig1
My son and I put 348K on a 91 Ranger 3.0 with M1 10-30. When sold it still ran great. OCIs were 10-14K(when my son owned the truck he extended longer than I care to). By the way, never did a UOA(there way overated IMO) Many here are hand wringers over TBN. Just enjoy your truck with what you are doing, and don't get caught up in the BITOG UOA mental angush of chasing down every 1 PPM of this or that. Good report.
Oh I agree. Because a pushrod V6 is the same as a OHC V6 (after all a V6 is a V6) and no one is talking about 1 PPM.
And all of those useless UOAs that have proven valuable to many members here who are clueless. All I needed to do is run Mobil 1 oils and I could have saved a head gasket rebuild! In the same engine as your Sons truck.
I'm so dumb...
Amazing post.
Bill
PS: How can it be a "good report" (your words) if they are "overrated" (again your words)? Again amazing post...
PPS: To the OP; Excellent thread over on the other site. My 2005 Corolla will hit 300k next year and I've had the same service. Oil used has been everything but 90% conventional with up to 13k OCIs. Still OEM parts still on the vehicle with little done to it. Good job!
Bill,
You lost me on the V6 is a V6 comment. I also didn't say you were dumb, in fact I can't figure why you would say that about yourself. Sorry about the head gasket. I replaced one on my old 94 Tempo diesel and M1 didn't prevent it from failing. And I still believe UOAs are overated, but on rare(notice I said rare) occasions are needed to perhaps detect a suspected oil contaminate problem.
Originally Posted By: tig1
My son and I put 348K on a 91 Ranger 3.0 with M1 10-30. When sold it still ran great. OCIs were 10-14K(when my son owned the truck he extended longer than I care to). By the way, never did a UOA(there way overated IMO) Many here are hand wringers over TBN. Just enjoy your truck with what you are doing, and don't get caught up in the BITOG UOA mental angush of chasing down every 1 PPM of this or that. Good report.
Oh I agree. Because a pushrod V6 is the same as a OHC V6 (after all a V6 is a V6) and no one is talking about 1 PPM.
And all of those useless UOAs that have proven valuable to many members here who are clueless. All I needed to do is run Mobil 1 oils and I could have saved a head gasket rebuild! In the same engine as your Sons truck.
I'm so dumb...
Amazing post.
Bill
PS: How can it be a "good report" (your words) if they are "overrated" (again your words)? Again amazing post...
PPS: To the OP; Excellent thread over on the other site. My 2005 Corolla will hit 300k next year and I've had the same service. Oil used has been everything but 90% conventional with up to 13k OCIs. Still OEM parts still on the vehicle with little done to it. Good job!
Bill,
You lost me on the V6 is a V6 comment. I also didn't say you were dumb, in fact I can't figure why you would say that about yourself. Sorry about the head gasket. I replaced one on my old 94 Tempo diesel and M1 didn't prevent it from failing. And I still believe UOAs are overated, but on rare(notice I said rare) occasions are needed to perhaps detect a suspected oil contaminate problem.
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