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Old 04-09-2019, 11:57 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm sure this stuff isn't going to just grenade your engine instantly. However, it will probably wear things more quickly. An oil analysis over the next 5k miles should help out to see how much faster its wearing, but only really if you have an oil analysis of 5k from the regular oil...

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