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Originally Posted by cellsafemode

just rolled over 3000 miles.

edit: this thread is related to the carbon buildup thread. I'm not convinced the amount of carbon buildup on 1 engine can be construed as the norm, but i'm not going to pull the engine apart to compare mine just for the fun of it.

Couple things to note when / if you ever look in at the valves. What oil / how clean do you keep it (filter, change intervals), do you use and what fuel.

I use full synth pennzoil (changed at 1500 and 1500 miles on the new oil) with fram ultra filter and 91 octane (most, if not all from shell). I think if there is a carbon buildup issue, it'll be heavily influenced by the quality of your oil and how dirty you let it get with some portion also having to do with impurities in the fuel.

Def true. Some oils aren't as stout as they claim. They break down under spirited driving via heat and the vaporization of various parts of the oil (base stock, additives, etc) are those things that adhere to the valves from blow by that is considered acceptable.

Me I use 89 octane, some gas stations I go to aren't the greatest, but I use quantum blue custom blended oil. The first change was at 2844, and I'll run this till 10k on the engine which will be about 7k miles roughly and as on the last car, and the one before that, get an oil analysis to see if there's any wear I should be worries about on every oil change.

I know a lot of people are freaking out about it, but it really is manageable. Nothing to panic about unless you just ABSOLUTELY SUCK at maintainence 😂