{"id":6466,"date":"2016-11-23T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2016-11-23T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T13:58:45","slug":"my-car-blackstone-labs-oil-analysis-on-the-golf-r-mk7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/11\/23\/my-car-blackstone-labs-oil-analysis-on-the-golf-r-mk7\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: Blackstone Labs Oil Analysis on the Golf R MK7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3797,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30827694530&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104062207\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30827694530&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-07 02:06:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-22 06:30:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 08:45:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 01:52:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 16:34:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 07:10:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 13:32:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 09:23:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 09:13:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 13:11:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27 10:16:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 19:05:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:22:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 21:53:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 11:18:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 22:20:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 12:58:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:17:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 20:31:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 11:31:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 11:31:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3798,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30827694530\\\/sizes\\\/l&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104055018\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/30827694530\\\/sizes\\\/l&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-07 02:06:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-22 06:30:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 08:45:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 01:52:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 16:34:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 07:10:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 11:15:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 13:11:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27 10:16:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 19:05:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:22:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:36:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 22:20:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 00:14:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 21:22:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 11:31:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 11:31:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Golf R - Blackstone Labs Report MK7' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30827694530\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Golf R - Blackstone Labs Report MK7\"  width=\"495\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5730\/30827694530_db8d7c2cdc_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/30827694530\/sizes\/l\">Full version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>ADAM: Your Golf R is looking good at 21,500 miles. In fact, iron is reading much lower than universal <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>averages, so we certainly have no complaints about the steel parts. Universal averages show typical wear <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>levels for this type of engine after about 6,100 miles on the oil. The TBN shows a lot of active additive left <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>for a longer run if you&#8217;re ever interested. 1.0 or less is considered low and it read 5.8 here. No excess fuel <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>or coolant turned up and the air and oil filters kept silicon and insolubles. Just keep taking good care of this <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\"><em>engine.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\">My main concern with the car is that I\u2019m doing damage that\u2019s irreversible. It\u2019s a risk of modding a vehicle and pushing it to the limits on a drag strip or track. It\u2019s because of this, I decided to send in my oil sample of 5K miles into Blackstone labs now that my car is at over 20K miles which is well beyond a normal break-in period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Arial';\">I\u2019ve been changing the oil ever 5,000 miles. Based on the notes from Blackstone, it appears 10K is entirely reasonable of a change interval going forward. Maybe I re-asses at 50K miles to make sure that\u2019s still the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full version here. ADAM: Your Golf R is looking good at 21,500 miles. 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