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04-28-2017, 12:44 AM | #816 |
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I am doing the rod bearings for piece of mind. Can't hurt right? Also with the actuators and rod bearings changed it's good for resale value. But I'll be testing the oil that comes out and comparing to my previous oil change. Not like it will matter but the sake of my youtube channel I can show two oil analysis back to back.
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04-28-2017, 10:04 AM | #817 |
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If your original bearings made it 150k miles why switch? You've obviously got a good engine. It's not like there is a high chance that they're going to start wearing hard and spin after going 150k without issue.
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04-28-2017, 05:28 PM | #818 |
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Being proactive man. My oil analysis looks like crap. CIM Motorsports drove my car and says he sees no sign of any damage going on in the engine. He did say it felt underpowered but he equated that to the O2 sensor module (need to research more on this). But I want my car to last to 300k miles. A little TLC now can make the car go a long ways I think.
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04-29-2017, 08:22 AM | #819 |
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Sorry brainfart, didn't realize that was your oil report with 27ppm lead. Even commented on it. Getting old. I'd definitely change them out.
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Picked up an '09 E92 M3 6mt with only 13.5K miles on it back in September.
Promptly changed oil, went with Liqui Moly 10W60. Put 4500 miles on it since. First report below:
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05-04-2017, 04:26 PM | #822 | |
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Get a few more reports under your belt to establish a trend. I would also suggest paying for TBN & TAN next time ($10 each) so you can establish a good change interval.
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05-07-2017, 09:15 AM | #823 |
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Have you ever looked at Xado oil. Not the additive there 10w-60 oil. Looks like it might be an alternative.
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I'm sure it's fine to use, but I wouldn't pay a premium for it when you can get one of a dozen other more modern 10w60s for the same or less money.
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I had installed BE bearings last year in our M3 and have just passed 7000 miles on thejob and did its first oil change last week. Engine is strong. Consumed less than 1qt over those miles. TBN are also strong after 7k.
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Call Blackstone and see if they can run the TAN for you, too. TBN and TAN together is a very useful metric.
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My oil report at 135,075 miles
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Pay for TBN+TAN next time. It's a great way to figure out the appropriate change interval.
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Pretty Happy with my lead levels this go around. They went drom 15PPM to 3PPM. I cannot think of anything I'm doing differently so have them numbers drop but going to continue with 0w40 as that is what I ran last.
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06-23-2017, 04:31 PM | #834 |
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I assume you do lots of highway miles, which isn't hard on the oil (as you can see). Next time, pay for TBN + TAN so you can establish a good change interval.
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Submitted mostly without comment, I used to use their oils in racing engines of mine and just got away from them for whatever reason (probably because they have zero market penetration compared to Redline), they have an ester 5w50 that is a little cheaper and specs a little lighter than the Redline 5w50 maybe another decent compromise to running the 5w40's and 0w40's of the world
http://www.schaefferoil.com/documents/245-9001-td.pdf
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Schaeffer stuff is generally pretty good. That 5w50 has a VI of only 158 though? Is that right? Not crazy that it's API SM, but that's still considered okay for use (I would prefer a newer SN formula).
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