USED OIL ANALYSIS: 1st time w/ GC 0w30
08-30-2006, 08:55 AM
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USED OIL ANALYSIS: 1st time w/ GC 0w30 This is my first UOA using GC. I switched to GC after doing 2 cleaning/rinse cycles of Auto RX. I also added, I believe, 8 oz of LC with the initial fill and about 1.5 ounces per 1,000 miles. It's also the older M02 batch of GC which, IIRC, was shown to have more iron in a VOA. I also added about 1.5oz of lube control a couple hundred miles before I changed it (maybe why it looks like it thinned out a bit?) . I originally planned on keeping it in awhile longer but the oil was in their for 1.5 years and I started feeling guilty, so I changed it.
I was running a Baldwin filter for the majority of this cycle and am now running as Wix (which has more pleats than the Baldwin I took out). I also always put a thin film of silicon grease on the rubber sealing surface of the filter to help with sealing. I don't know if this could be causing my silicon to be a bit elevated or not.
comments?? Patman?
I was running a Baldwin filter for the majority of this cycle and am now running as Wix (which has more pleats than the Baldwin I took out). I also always put a thin film of silicon grease on the rubber sealing surface of the filter to help with sealing. I don't know if this could be causing my silicon to be a bit elevated or not.
comments?? Patman?
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08-30-2006, 09:17 AM
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Silicone is not Silicon. Unless your putting dirt grease on your seal, they aren't the same element. Looks like its doing good though right...
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lol......yeah, I guess you are right..doh!
now that I think about it, they are even pronounced differently. I should have known this, boy, do -I- feel like a dumbass...lol
now that I think about it, they are even pronounced differently. I should have known this, boy, do -I- feel like a dumbass...lol
08-30-2006, 10:24 AM
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Silicone is not Silicon. Unless your putting dirt grease on your seal, they aren't the same element. Looks like its doing good though right...
http://www.permatex.com/documents/ms...lish/81173.pdf
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Originally Posted by MeentSS02
Very nice.
But the more important question...are you happy with how your car is running? I too have used Auto-Rx, and now use LC-20 along with my Euro Amsoil. It isn't eating oil for the first time in its life.
But the more important question...are you happy with how your car is running? I too have used Auto-Rx, and now use LC-20 along with my Euro Amsoil. It isn't eating oil for the first time in its life.
