I plan on having particle count (PC) tests performed on oil I've run alongside various oil filters of my choosing. (I will at least test an M1 filter, an RP filter, and a Hyundai OEM filter.) It will be a loooooong time before I have all the results, but before I even start, I am seeking opinions from people with more knowledge in this area than I have.
My primary vehicle is usually a short-tripper, almost exclusively. I normally use a (Hyundai-specified) 3K OCI. However, I recently took a road trip that included 1,400 highway miles. Assuming I still changed (and sampled) the oil at 3K, would this variance in type of driving skew the PC results? I talked briefly with someone at BlackStone about this, and he said only that "It could" (actually he was stuck on "Uhhhh..." and I finished the sentence for him).
I know enough to (1) Use the same type of oil for each test; and (2) Use the same type of air filter. Anything else I should watch out for, or keep in mind?
My primary vehicle is usually a short-tripper, almost exclusively. I normally use a (Hyundai-specified) 3K OCI. However, I recently took a road trip that included 1,400 highway miles. Assuming I still changed (and sampled) the oil at 3K, would this variance in type of driving skew the PC results? I talked briefly with someone at BlackStone about this, and he said only that "It could" (actually he was stuck on "Uhhhh..." and I finished the sentence for him).
I know enough to (1) Use the same type of oil for each test; and (2) Use the same type of air filter. Anything else I should watch out for, or keep in mind?