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Originally Posted by Jordo!
Crickets...
A third UOA if anyone cares...
Long story short, I think I'm going to try redline on next oil change. I do mostly city driving, but it would be nice to compare and contrast with another oil.
I'll get one more UOA on this one (last fill had Castrol 0w30) just to have a clear baseline for comparison, then will get data on Redline 5w30 with next oil change.
Man... I'll be over 30K at that point. |
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Originally Posted by Jordo!
I won't debate it -- tell me 
I'm wondering if maybe a 0 wt oil is too thin for the FL climate, especially in the summer. Could be that on start up it just isn't viscous enough.
Anyway, whether it's the oil or my driving habits, comparing the results with another oil should be informative.
If no change, then I guess I could either try a third oil, or just assume that those wear levels are not all that uncommon for city driving.
Anyway, I'm happy to see limited evidence of piston wear and my motor consumes zero oil, so if I can keep all that stable and protect the bearings a little better, I'll be happy.
Another possiblity is that it's not bearing wear -- supposedly lead particles can also come from the valvetrain... maybe the head really does need some sort of Ester oil to run optimally.
Beats me.
Anyway, I'll know better what's going on within the 10K or so.
Anbody else on here running the 0w30 German Castrol? If so, any UOA's? |
/\ Jordo, I'm running Mobil 1 0w-40. Been doing so since 5K and I'm at 13,1xx now. Haven't done a UOA but all the ones I've seen led me to believe that either it, or the castrol you're running are two of the best oils out there. My two cents would be to switch up to the mobile 1 0w-40 for 10K miles (two oil changes) and see what happens, it's an "off the shelf" oil, not something you need to order off the internet/go ot a performance shop to buy, to me, that has some weight.