Amsoil 0W-30, 14,198 MILES, 1993 Civic

Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson
Originally Posted by bgm6881
Wow! I guess my next commuter car will be a Honda. Those miles are amazing.


LOL they don't build them like they used to!

+1
 
Originally Posted by bgm6881
Wow! I guess my next commuter car will be a Honda. Those miles are amazing.



You have to take care of whatever you drive, how long do you think a Rolls Royce would last with no maintenance?
 
Originally Posted by ZZman
That Potassium level is concerning.



The potassium level is a concern to me too ZZman. Blackstone labs has advised me to go to 10,000 mile OCI's

but added that it doesn't seem to affect wear any. The antifreeze overflow bottle looks full everytime I look

at it, though the level varies up and down, 541,000 miles.
 
Here's a couple of shots taken today

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Hey Harry
Did you take off the valve cover to repair something or to look and see what it looks like after 1/2 million miles ?
 
kstanf150, I had the timing belt covers chromed so it was necessary to remove the valve cover. See the recent photo above on page 4.
 
Miles on Civic 544,154
Miles on oil 10,096
Amsoil 0W-30 AZO
Amsoil eao15k20 oil filter
Twin Filtermag CT3.2 magnetic oil filters
Dimple magnetic oil drain plug
5 ozs Liquimoly
30 ozs makeup oil.
5 bottles of Techron + fuel system cleaner

Blackstone Labs; Potassium and sodium have both increased, so it seems like the small coolant leak that's been
present for the last year or so has gotten worse. A couple of the other marks in this report are likely related
-coolant can cause the viscosity to thicken up and can also turn the oil abrasive and accelaerate metal wear, like iron here. 1% fuel fuel is ok
the TBN was still quite strong at 3.0 and the Particle counts was the cleanest on the page at 14/13/10. Due to the coolant increase,
We'd suggest a shorter oil run (5,000 miles or less0 to prevent accumulation. check back

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Aluminum--------3---------------4 universal average based on 5,900 miles

Chromium--------1---------------1

Iron-----------------34--------------9

Copper------------4----------------3

Lead----------------4---------------2

Tin-------------------0---------------1

Molybdenum------328------------85

Nickel---------------0----------------0

Manganese--------0----------------0

Silver-----------------0----------------0

Titanium-------------0----------------0

Potassium----------243-------------4

Boron-----------------40--------------51

Silicon-----------------18-------------11

Sodium----------------35-------------43

Calcium---------------1198-----------2132

Magnesium------------899-----------154

Phosphorus-----------682------------714

Zinc----------------------788------------833

Barium,------------------0--------------0

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SUS Viscosity @ 210 F------68.7-------------------57-67 (range should be)
cSt Viscosity @ 100 C--------12.62-----------------9.4-12.4
Flashpoint in F-------------------365------------------->385
Fuel %------------------------------1.0-------------------- Antifreeze %-----------------------POS------------------0.0
Water %-----------------------------0.0--------------------0.1
Insolubles %------------------------0.3-------------------- TBN-----------------------------------3.0-------------------->1.0


Particle counts for ISO code 12/13/10;

>=2 microns 184
>=5-------------68
>=10------------19
>=15------------7
>=25------------1
>=50------------0
>=100-----------0
 
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I understand the pure curiosity involved in such a test.

But otherwise, really, what's the point? Whatever you did to get there works, right?
 
Originally Posted by harry j
kstanf150, I had the timing belt covers chromed so it was necessary to remove the valve cover. See the recent photo above on page 4.


The valve train is spotless
Amazing for that many miles
It's apparent you've gone above and beyond to maintain your engine
Looks good as new
 
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