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I took an oil sample at last my oil change after ~5,600 miles on Mobil 1 0W-20 and a Mobil 1 oil filter and sent it to Blackstone Labs for testing. I plan on changing the oil around 5K, but because of an out of town trip, this run went a little longer. The engine now has 20K miles on it and my typical driving is usually a two lane road commute with hardly any city driving. There is some trip mileage on this run, so ~1,500 miles of interstate cruising.
I did mess up slightly and took the sample at the end of the oil drain. I forgot to get the sample bottle ready and I had already pulled the oil plug when I realized it, so it caught the last bit of the oil that drained which Blackstone tells you not to do. That may account for the slightly higher silicon they noted, but I'll check the air filter anyway. The air filter is just a standard paper filter, by the way.
2012 Soul 2.0L Oil Testing Results
I did mess up slightly and took the sample at the end of the oil drain. I forgot to get the sample bottle ready and I had already pulled the oil plug when I realized it, so it caught the last bit of the oil that drained which Blackstone tells you not to do. That may account for the slightly higher silicon they noted, but I'll check the air filter anyway. The air filter is just a standard paper filter, by the way.
2012 Soul 2.0L Oil Testing Results