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My last UOA on my truck generated a lot of discussion with the shearing and wear. Since I had done a lot of towing through the summer on that sample I wanted to do a short run that had about 1/3 of the towing to see how wear results changed. I was expecting to see much better numbers but that...

Hi all, this is just something really cool that I am doing right now and wanted to share with a larger community (hopefully the General/OT forum is okay for this.) I got into racing this year and was fortunate enough to rack up some wins and a podium finish at the national championship. With...

My dad is currently looking to replace his 2009 Accord that is creeping up on 300k miles. It still runs strong but he wants to make a move before his hand is forced. Budget is around $26k which gets a new loaded 2016 Sonata Hybrid or an off-lease 2013 Avalon Hybrid with 30k miles. He needs at...

I thought I would get some opinions from the BITOG community on what filter to use for my Miata that sees only road race duty. I'm currently running a M1 filter since that is what came with the M1 oil change specials for other cars. The car will see around 600-1000 per oil change all on the...

Attached is the latest drain from my F150. Roughly 65% of the drain was towing my race car hauler at 85-90% GVW at 70+ mph. The OLM was counting down 1% per 100 miles on the dot leading to a 10,000 mile OCI. The manual says the OCI for heavy towing is 3,000-5,000 miles so dumping it here to get...

Attached is the latest UOA for my T4 MX-5. The previous fill was M1 5w20 by the previous owner who also used leaded fuel. I'm now running Redline 30wt Race Oil and running 100 octane Street Legal unleaded fuel. The big surprise to me is the increase in Copper over the previous sample. I did...

My wife has been looking at the new Rav4 Hybrids due to her job and is wanting to trade in our Lexus CT200h. After having taken it to a few dealers they are offering well below KBB, much lower than any previous car I've traded. Since she is not in a hurry to get a new car I've started looking...

Attached is the UOA for a couple OCIs in my Lexus CT200h. The first report was using TGMO with a Toyota filter and was run mostly interstate, 35 mi one way, for work. The most recent UOA is running M1 0w20 and a M1 filter. The intermediate change was also M1 so the TGMO should be flushed out for...

I'm looking to get some ideas of what the group here thinks a good OCI and oil would be for my application. I have the quick specs for the truck below. The oil was changed with M1 at 3,000 and then again at 11,000. 2015 F-150 2.7L Ecoboost V6 with a 6qt oil capacity Manual calls for 5w30 SN...

Well here is my first oil sample from a car I am racing with the SCCA. The previous owner had run Mobil 1 5w20 in the motor since that's what is spec'd on the cap. The car is stock except for a cold air intake and tune to run on 100 octane street legal fuel (unleaded). The previous owner...

Alright so I have rebuilt a 3.4L pushrod motor out of a 1995 Firebird for use in my Fiero that is running the ChumpCar series. For those not familiar it is for "$500" cars and runs endurance races ranging from 7 hours to 25+ hours. The motor is spec'd for 5W30. During the rebuild the average...

This was my 3rd oil change on the "Z". The oil was changed previously at ~3k & 7.5k, always with Honda 0w20 and a Wix filter. The OLM was at 40%, ~34% by my calculations, after 7500 miles (not sure why blackstone only reports 7k.) Overall, I'm pretty happy with this report; I try to use the...

Attached is the 2nd UOA from my Solstice which is primarily used for autocross duty. When I changed the oil last I also installed new charge pipes and a race tune which raised the HP from 290 to ~350. The car takes 4.5 qts during a change so I think I'm going to start mixing 4 qts 5w30 & 0.5 qt...

I was visiting a supplier in Detroit today and when I arrived at my hotel I noticed an "autocross" type course setup in back with a Leaf and Volt driving around. Curious as to what was going on I walked around back and found there was a convention for media/dealers going on to better acquaint...

This OCI was Mobil 1 5w30 with a PUREone filter, it was put into the car in October and just changed out this past week (the car was garaged from the oil change until April). This car's only purpose in life is autocross and it gets drove rather aggressivly at any other time as traffic permits...

I just picked up a new 2011 Honda CR-Z and am planning my maintenance schedule for it. Currently the car only has 300 miles on it so I have some time before any maintenance comes due. The car sees a pretty easy duty cycle, 35 miles to work on mostly interstates and occasional 200+ mile road...

My dad is looking for a new car and is wanting some opinions about what people like, don't like, and would never buy again. He does onsite sales so spends most of the day in the car traveling ~150mi a day. His current vehicle is a 1999 Buick Park Avenue with 270k that is slowly dying. He is...

This oil sample is from my dad's car. This car has seen a very hard life, it gets ~1sec warmup from cold before heading out and the OCIs are just whenever my dad feels it is due. He used to just stop by a Jiffy Lube around 15k intervals but I have convinced him to let me change his oil from now...

I just pulled my 09 Solstice GXP out of storage for the winter. The car is a GTDI 2.0L with the GM tune making ~290hp and has 11k miles on it. I bought the car mainly for auto-x so it sees hard driving most of the time. The car did receive an oil change right before I put it away for the winter...