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Kbuskill's 2008 Burb LTZ "MOD" Thread
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kbuskill
***CAUTION*** I do my own stunts!
Blackstone Labs requested I take an oil sample at the 6k mile mark on this oil change so we can see how the lead looks since they don't have any data on our 5.3 liters running 13k-15k mile OCIs.
I took the sample and sent it to them and received the new report today.
I took the sample and sent it to them and received the new report today.
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kbuskill
***CAUTION*** I do my own stunts!
I supervised while my oldest son swapped the driverside valve cover out for the new revised valve cover, that I got from @iamdub, that relocates the inlet hole for the PCV system.
I wanted to paint both valve covers with the red wrinkle paint by VHT but none of my local parts houses carry it in stock so I just had him install it as is.
This is a comparison shot of the older style valve cover on the bottom and the new revised valve cover on the top.
This is just a pic of what the top of the head looks like.
Pretty dang clean for having almost 250k miles on the ol' girl and running 13k-15k mile OCIs if I do say so myself.
I wanted to paint both valve covers with the red wrinkle paint by VHT but none of my local parts houses carry it in stock so I just had him install it as is.
This is a comparison shot of the older style valve cover on the bottom and the new revised valve cover on the top.
This is just a pic of what the top of the head looks like.
Pretty dang clean for having almost 250k miles on the ol' girl and running 13k-15k mile OCIs if I do say so myself.
iamdub
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Looks good inside that head! I know it'll be a while, but I'm looking forward to seeing if you get a significant difference in your catch can. What do you catch now, or it it consistent?
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kbuskill
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Well, I'm glad you asked.
I used to only drain the catch can when I changed the oil and I never drained it into anything that had markings on it so it was always just a guess on the amount of oil caught.
So the last oil change i did I drained the catch can as usual. Then, since Blackstone wanted another sample at about 6k miles, I drained the catch can at 6k miles into a paint mixing cup so I could see how many ounces it caught. It caught 3oz in 6k miles.
Today I drained it when he installed the new VC and it caught 1oz in the 2k miles since the last time it was drained.
So I would say 1oz every 2k miles which equates to about 7-8oz between OCIs.
So going forward, with the new VC, I will keep an eye on it and drain the catch can periodically to see what the difference is. I am hoping it will be noticeably improved.
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kbuskill
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Yep. Mobil 1 extended performance (15k mile oil) 5w30 full synthetic.
Clean AF in there.
iamdub
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Pretty much what mine gets. I change mine like clockwork at 5K and consistently got 2 ounces. After adding the scrubber pad, I get 3 ounces.
Your pic looks very similar to mine. This was at around 195K:
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kbuskill
***CAUTION*** I do my own stunts!
Pretty much what mine gets. I change mine like clockwork at 5K and consistently got 2 ounces. After adding the scrubber pad, I get 3 ounces.
Your pic looks very similar to mine. This was at around 195K:
Yep, mine has the scrubber pad in it as well.
Yours looks nice and clean as well. What oil and OCI are you running?
The 3oz you collect, is that with the revised valve cover?
