bagodoosh

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not too bad. iron/copper/tin/lead #s are higher compared to most other reports i've seen. moly seems way lower compared to GC green formula (this was the 05 gold formula).

i wonder about blackstone sometimes. their analysis has to be taken with a grain of salt. i've seen them make mistakes before. notice they say even though i drove longer, my #s are lower than the universal avg. however the fact is i drove less (5555mi) than the univ-avg (6400mi).

my oil change intervals since i've owned the car have been roughly 3000, 4100, and 5500 miles. i think i'll stick to 5k-6k intervals from now on.

nadrealista

I change mine twice a year. Just before summer and in late fall when temps drop, which reminds me it is time to change the oil!!

FixedWing

Nice sample! Off the top of my head, I think the universal averages look like they might be from M1. If that isn't the case then the differences might be the difference between green and gold.

Either way, the wear numbers are great.

What environment was this used in? Always hot or seasonal?

Stephen

ImolaRocket

I have seven quarts of gold in the crankcase right now. Saving the green for summer.

DAP@EPL

Yeah, probably a lot of cut &amp; paste in the commentary.

bagodoosh

environment: massachusetts / (end of may) - (beg of oct) / avg daily driven miles: 56

FixedWing

So through the summer -- or what passes for summer around here lately. :-p