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Originally Posted By: JustN89
Originally Posted By: schuylkill
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Originally Posted By: racin4ds
With your iron at almost double the last reading I'd say that motor is showing its age and that "water" your're using for oil isn't doing the job anymore, common sense says to thicken it up some to help out the likely large clearances in that 260k mile motor.
I'd almost bet a robust 5W30 would drop your iron numbers and buy you another 30k miles at least.
The 0/20 likely caused the problem.
I haven't needed to add any oil between 10K mile changes. No smoke. Wouldn't there be other signs besides the iron?
Just ignore it.
In all likelihood, the increase in iron is linked to the impact. As others have suggested, check your air filter and get your new parts installed. Then run your normal OCI and let's see what the UOA tells us at that point. Until we can remove some of the variables, there's just no way we can pin the increase in iron on an oil that has served you well for so long.
Doing well ~ and also notice a small trend when testing a sample vs a full drain …
Originally Posted By: schuylkill
Quote:
Originally Posted By: racin4ds
With your iron at almost double the last reading I'd say that motor is showing its age and that "water" your're using for oil isn't doing the job anymore, common sense says to thicken it up some to help out the likely large clearances in that 260k mile motor.
I'd almost bet a robust 5W30 would drop your iron numbers and buy you another 30k miles at least.
The 0/20 likely caused the problem.
I haven't needed to add any oil between 10K mile changes. No smoke. Wouldn't there be other signs besides the iron?
Just ignore it.
In all likelihood, the increase in iron is linked to the impact. As others have suggested, check your air filter and get your new parts installed. Then run your normal OCI and let's see what the UOA tells us at that point. Until we can remove some of the variables, there's just no way we can pin the increase in iron on an oil that has served you well for so long.
Doing well ~ and also notice a small trend when testing a sample vs a full drain …
