apexi Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I decided to get a UOA done out of boredom. I'm happy with the results. I typically just buy a 5qt jug of conventional 5w-30 from walmart, but decided to run this since it was around the same price ($2.77x5=$13.85), and MC 5w-20 has always produced some pretty good uoa's. http://home.comcast.net/~apexigsx/subaru/mcuoa.jpg Bitog link http://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1792677#Post1792677 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 inbeforejoefrompa It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katalyst Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 ^ how many miles on your motor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Right now I'm at 51k and change. The oil in the report was in use from 46,681mi-50,980mi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFromPA Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 inbeforejoefrompa You son of a bitch. I was sick and in a grad-school class. I had no chance! UOA looks great. Boring, if you will. The oil you ran could definitely handle another 1-2k miles with those driving habits. Your silicon is nice and low, showing good air filtration. Same with insolubles and oil filtration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 I agree, this UOA looks totally boring. I would take the intake filter off and throw a handful of sand in there and then do another UOA. I mean, what are we supposed to talk about here if there's nothing to be said?!? I wish mine were in line like yours Such is the benefit of running a 2.5 NA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFromPA Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Fishbone - Cause you haven't switched to the darkside man. You are using the old school shell oil (pennzoil). Switch to the Rotella, and your UOAs will be golden too. Thus spoketh the book of Bob 18:53. And it was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Well I was told that I can't run Rotella unless I also use diesel. I HAVE heard diesel gets you better MPG so I am going to try both next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORULZleggy Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I have 50k miles on my 08 also and my last oil change was 8200 miles I am a firm believer in checking my oil a lot and making sure it looks good and letting my car warm up for 5 mins before driving it. I sometimes laugh when people do the 3k oil change all the time. I am at 4200 miles since my last oil change which was a little over a month and a half ago. I have checked the oil a bunch and added some. Oil still looks great and is full every time I check it. I run castrol syntec from the subie dealer, which is the only place I let touch it. PSS how long do the rest of you go?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I wonder what my RotellaT 5W40 would yield in a UOA???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 You don't have to wonder, just head onto Bob Is The Oil Guy, there are numerous analyses done on our Boxer motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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