Glad I was running the Filtermag vs leaning on this can all the way. The Ridgelines factory unloved Honda A02 held up fine
Even without a timing chain and gears the little honda 3.5 sloughed off a bunch of iron into its initial sump the mag caught.
Had interesting debris that looked like sand but was not it was more of a acetate type film
The Honda MM was telling me I still had 30% remaining but after the heavy tow loads I wanted the initial fill gone and to put something in that was a better filter.
The Honda crowd insist on keeping the break in sump till the MM tells you dump or risk incomplete break in, but I think with a 600mile tow through the hot high desert I can sleep at night.
Replacement was idemitsu 0w-20 and an XG7317 ultra and the filtermag back on again.
UD
Even without a timing chain and gears the little honda 3.5 sloughed off a bunch of iron into its initial sump the mag caught.
Had interesting debris that looked like sand but was not it was more of a acetate type film
The Honda MM was telling me I still had 30% remaining but after the heavy tow loads I wanted the initial fill gone and to put something in that was a better filter.
The Honda crowd insist on keeping the break in sump till the MM tells you dump or risk incomplete break in, but I think with a 600mile tow through the hot high desert I can sleep at night.
Replacement was idemitsu 0w-20 and an XG7317 ultra and the filtermag back on again.
UD
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