FRAM Tough Guard TG3600 @3053 Miles, 4 Months

[MrQuackers]

Run on a Saturn 1.9 DOHC, recently acquired so short cleaning cycles. Oil used for oil change: 4 quarts Mobil Super Synthetic 5w-30 plus 8oz bottle of GUMOUT Expert Series Oil Friction Modifier.

Top off: 2 quarts of Mobil Super Synthetic 5w-30 and 32oz bottle of Rislone Engine Treatment. Yes she is a thirsty beast.

 

[MrQuackers]

Bonus

Very supple ADBV. No surprise with such a short interval.

I removed this filter and installed an old cheapo Purolator Classic for a Chemtool B-12 engine idle flush. Half can in oil, half in gas tank, 20 minutes. Kept the Classic filter on and refilled with Quaker State Higher Mileage Engine 10w-30 and some other odds and ends. I will run this as a drive around flush for a few hundred miles and then I will cut the L20195 open .

 

[blupupher]

so you add a qt of oil every other fill up?
I knew some of these Saturn's were thirsty, but dang.

Does not look bad at all.

 

[MrQuackers]

It used about a quart of oil every 1100 miles (I keep the level well above the hashmark area). The vehicle is 20 years old and the previous owner probably only gave it the budget oil changes without monitoring the level. Also when I acquired it, it had the original thermostat. She said it ran cool like that was a good thing LOL. I put in a new thermostat and gave the system a good flush and replaced a few sensors and serviced the Auto transmission. Good little gokart now

I am lucky it actually goes over 1000 miles per quart, some S-series owners use a quart every few hundred miles.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Did someone say TG3600?

 

[MrQuackers]

Thank you Wal-Mart!

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted by MrQuackers
Thank you Wal-Mart!

Looks good, Thank You for c&p

 

[Lubener]

Looks good. I am wondering if that's one of those newer re-engineered tough guards.

 

[demarpaint]

Not bad. Thanks for posting.

 

[Jimzz]

Yea those 1.9 saturn motors are like the 1.8 motors in the Corolla. Once they get 100k+ they start to use oil.

I'd run a 10w30 high mileage oil with no additives. Will clean it well and use less oil.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Originally Posted by Jimzz
Yea those 1.9 saturn motors are like the 1.8 motors in the Corolla. Once they get 100k+ they start to use oil.

I'd run a 10w30 high mileage oil with no additives. Will clean it well and use less oil.


Yep my Corolla is just over 131K now it may have started using some oil 1/2 quart on my last OIC of 7156 miles.

 

[blupupher]

Originally Posted by Lubener
Looks good. I am wondering if that's one of those newer re-engineered tough guards.

I still have not figured out what is different with the "new" ToughGuards, but thankful that Walmart clearanced the "old" ones.

 

[MrQuackers]

Yes, this was a Wal-Mart clearance $1.50 filter date code says 2016

 

[WellOiled]

It seems the cleanup cycle worked well.

 

[MrQuackers]

Yes, the last several hundred miles was Rislone Top off.

The next OCI will be Mobil Super HM synthetic blend with MMO w/PSL20195 for another cleaning cycle

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted by MrQuackers
Yes, the last several hundred miles was Rislone Top off.

The next OCI will be Mobil Super HM synthetic blend with MMO w/PSL20195 for another cleaning cycle


Sounds good sir. Did you take advantage of the MAXLIFE 15W40 clearance at Wal Mart? I stole last 10 gallons at $6~ gal a piece

 

[wings&wheels]

Didn't the TG's used to have a screen over the bypass valve at one point? Thought that was one of the TG extras over the EG's back in the day.... It was a fairly coarse screen though, not sure how effective it was.

 

[Sayjac]

Originally Posted by wings&wheels
Didn't the TG's used to have a screen over the bypass valve at one point? Thought that was one of the TG extras over the EG's back in the day.... It was a fairly coarse screen though, not sure how effective it was.
They did, and it was, at least in the advertising. Been gone for quite some time now. Off top my head, I'd say ~10 years.

Topic filter looks fine, at the fci as expected.

 

[blupupher]

Originally Posted by Sayjac
Originally Posted by wings&wheels
Didn't the TG's used to have a screen over the bypass valve at one point? Thought that was one of the TG extras over the EG's back in the day.... It was a fairly coarse screen though, not sure how effective it was.
They did, and it was, at least in the advertising. Been gone for quite some time now. Off top my head, I'd say ~10 years.

Topic filter looks fine, at the fci as expected.

I agree, at least 10 years for sure.
it was literally a gravel catcher.

Fram Racing filters still have them.

 

[MrQuackers]

Originally Posted by 53' Stude
Originally Posted by MrQuackers
Yes, the last several hundred miles was Rislone Top off.

The next OCI will be Mobil Super HM synthetic blend with MMO w/PSL20195 for another cleaning cycle


Sounds good sir. Did you take advantage of the MAXLIFE 15W40 clearance at Wal Mart? I stole last 10 gallons at $6~ gal a piece

No luck on that at my local Wal-Mart