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Old 09-27-2022, 03:20 PM   #808
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Originally Posted by Petah78 View Post
Just keep monitoring your used oil via UOA to check the health of the engine and if everything is normal during the first 5 years, just drop the pan to clean out after warranty expires. If UOA indicates higher than normal wear, you can decide what to do then.

And some additional info, pretty sure he is a member on here.

And some additional info that i came across, though cannot be verified as fact or BS.
The oil samples are great if it is a gradual thing but pretty sure that all the ones reported were sudden and catastrophic. Oil stopped flowing to that one bearing and within minutes it was toast. No oil test in the world would forecast that scenario.
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