1992 Plymouth Voyager, 4300 miles, Valvoline Mix

[jazztrumpet216]

This is the latest UOA from my Voyager. At the time, it had 210,600 miles on it. Burns a quart every 1300-1400 miles on average. Not too bad for the mileage, but I'm running an Auto-RX treatment as we speak to see if I can get that down a little bit.

 

[Camu Mahubah]

Sweet!

...despite all her critics...Ashland has delivered again...let us know if Auto-RX slows consumption...

 

[jazztrumpet216]

I did forget to mention to them that this was a bit of a mix... IIRC, it was about 2 qts 10w-30 Maxlife to 3 qts 5w-30 Durablend. Of course top-offs were with whichever was handy. The previous change (the 3,100 OCI) was all 10w-30 Maxlife, however.

 

[Camu Mahubah]

Well...If my van were burning this much oil...I would go to Napa and get Napa 10w30...made by Ashland...the makers of Valvoline...I would do this when I could not get Valvoline on sale...just another option...

 

[eddyzima]

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I did forget to mention to them that this was a bit of a mix... IIRC, it was about 2 qts 10w-30 Maxlife to 3 qts 5w-30 Durablend. Of course top-offs were with whichever was handy. The previous change (the 3,100 OCI) was all 10w-30 Maxlife, however.

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Do you have the visc from the last uoa with the 10w30 maxlife?

 

[mikeg5]

you could easily do 5k miles on that oil maxlife or durablend esp with as many top off as you do.

 

[jazztrumpet216]

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Do you have the visc from the last uoa with the 10w30 maxlife?

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Visc was 61.3 (on the Blackstone scale) and flashpoint was 400F.

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you could easily do 5k miles on that oil maxlife or durablend esp with as many top off as you do.

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This thing is weird. It will go 800, maybe even 1,000 or more miles without burning or using a drop. Like now, I'm running around 800 miles on the oil that's in there and it's fine (watch, now that I said that, it'll swallow a quart by the time I check it next). Then it'll shoot down a half a quart. I'll top it off and it'll be fine for awhile. I'm hoping this is indicative of something sludged or plugged and the Auto-RX will at least help.

 

[ThirdeYe]

I wish I got more interesting comments from Blackstone on my reports, makes it more fun

 

[srl1104]

I'm no expert, but from some of the engines I have seen and heard of, that kinda sounds like maybe you have a stuck oil control ring. When they stick in a certain position it may be letting some oil slip by it. I think Auto-Rx would definetly be a good idea on this engine if that was the case.

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Do you have the visc from the last uoa with the 10w30 maxlife?

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Visc was 61.3 (on the Blackstone scale) and flashpoint was 400F.

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you could easily do 5k miles on that oil maxlife or durablend esp with as many top off as you do.

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This thing is weird. It will go 800, maybe even 1,000 or more miles without burning or using a drop. Like now, I'm running around 800 miles on the oil that's in there and it's fine (watch, now that I said that, it'll swallow a quart by the time I check it next). Then it'll shoot down a half a quart. I'll top it off and it'll be fine for awhile. I'm hoping this is indicative of something sludged or plugged and the Auto-RX will at least help.

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[Triple_Se7en]

I would substitute/add a quart of Valvoline 15W-40 next time -- to slow down the effects of the dilution.

 

[TR3-2001SE]

Nice report. I have heard good things about these engines. Guess it is all true.