DO you send your oil to the lab ??

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I finally had the money to do this, sick of guessing.

The GT had only 8 miles on her when we bought it. Sending the oil in at 1500 miles to see if it is close to needing change. Curios to see whats in the factory fill..........
Will post my findings in a few months.
Cost was $195 for 6 kits and the pump........

Your thoughts ???

 

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Why?

You must have a powerful curiosity to do that. If you were concerned about the factory fill, why wouldnt you just change it right away? Is the factory fill rumored to have something special in it?

 

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Factory fill on the Honda had tons of molly in it.........
So was told to leave it in longer for proper break in.

Like I said, everybody GUESS when to change the oil, this wat it gets changed to our driving habits.............

Also want to see if the Honda dealer is screwing me over on the oil quality............

 

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For 195 bucks, i can also get 6 oil changes, and not worry with the mailing etc.

Ill worry when i see metal in it, and then ill only worry about what to put in it when i rebuild it.

 

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Actually if you get 6 tests with that. Then you split the cost with a few other people. And it gives everyone more info about their motor for less cost.

 

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Meh. My Shop technician will do it for free when I ask.

 

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Just go full synthetic, like Royal Purple, or Mobil One...then you don't have to worry about it.

 

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cruizin-on said:

Just go full synthetic, like Royal Purple, or Mobil One...then you don't have to worry about it.

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I don't know if I would go that far. I've seen some synthetic oil after 4000 miles of hard driving. And it wasn't very pretty.

 

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Well I don't let mine go by 4000 miles before a change and I don't get on it that often, so I guess I'm safe.

 

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Tough crowd here !!

Real simple guys, I am 39 and this is my FIRST newer car with only 8 miles on the engine. Having 4 cars and doing oil changes too early gets $$$$ in the long run.
Go to the site and look at the test examples, in theory the test could tell the engine is going bad with out you knowing it !! Good info if you ask me while on warranty IMOP.

I finally have a ride worth trying this on, so why not ???

The tool I ordered makes it easier to check then the boat kit i have (Boats get changed thru the dipstick)

Peace

 

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YardSpecial said:

Tough crowd here !!

Peace

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Cavallo - Try being a technically incline woman moderator.

No worries Sport. Enjoy the Stang and do with it what you want, none of us are making the payments or are responsible for it.

 

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Jenns05Stang said:

Try being a technically incline woman moderator.

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