Originally Posted By: JLTD
So am I reading this right that you only went 1793 miles on this fill? Seems mighty short was there an issue identified earlier?
Yes only 1793 miles on this fill.. As I noted before the fuel injectors were dumping fuel into the cylinders, and I dumped this early to make sure all of that was gone. So yep it was short.
Originally Posted By: SR5
Thanks Researcher. We can see that nice GTX add pack of Boron and Moly. You know your GTX, so I assume this was the earlier non-UltraClean version, but with the newer add pack.
BTW I just picked up some. GTX 15W40 UltraClean semi-synthetic (API SN & ACEA A3/B3), it was only $15 for 5 L, that's about $11.53 in your money for 5.28 qt., which is about as good as it gets in Australia. Yes, my car owners manual says I can use 15W40, for those concerned.
I look forward to giving it a run with one of my $4 Cooper filters (60% off) for a sub $20 oil change.
Thanks for posting the UOA.
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Hey SR5! Nice to hear from you again.
And yup you're right, this is the conventional, last batch before the semi-synthetic GTX Ultraclean went in. Yup it's the latest add pack, the PQIA link is exactly what was in there.
Even the Ultraclean is basically the same add pack (newer) just semi-syn now. I haven't really noticed a difference between the Conventional and Ultraclean. Just seems smooth, not a lot of cranks to start it, etc. Oh one thing I did see was popped the oil fill cap and looked in, just curious to see what I could see. WOW! Before the GTX there was a slight varnish to the valve train and the valve cover underside, now?? That varnish is gone! That really surprised me, guess the claims that it cleans well wasn't an understatement. I thought that was cool, truth for once?!
That's a screaming good deal you got on the Ultraclean! Thanks for converting that into US dollars.. But even at $15 it would've been cheap around here! And you got a good deal on the filter too! Cool!
I thought it might spec a thicker oil where you are, a bit warmer than here!
and hey you're welcome for posting this UOA. Thought people would like to see what it did do, I think it's a good budget oil, nothing to complain about. I think the semi-syn will do as good or better as what I had in there, this time around.
Oh and the Noack/volatility % went up with the Ultraclean. For the 5w20 I think it went up to 13.7%. Doesn't really matter with this port injection/non-DI engine, but thought I'd mention it.
EDIT: the KV100 when I had mine tested came out at 9.0. Only went down to 8.15, a lot better than the TGMO 5w20 I had that was shearing quite quickly. And that was before the fuel injectors began to leak.