Here is the long awaited results from my little experiment.
I basically used M1 and a OEM oil filter for 5200 miles with the OEM Toyota Air fitler, pulled a sample of oil and sent it into
Blackstone Labs for them to perform a used oil analysis. I then changed the oil to Amsoil 5W-30 TSL and a Amsoil SDF oil filter and installed the K&N drop in filter. I didn't really notice a seat of the pants difference with the K&N installed. So I ran this oil for 5360 miles and pulled a sample to compare the oils and the air filtration.
So I will post the Numbers side by side of both of the used oil analysis.
THe main number related to air filtration is the silicon values in the used oil. Silicon= Dirt, sand etc. As you can see the results are somewhat of a suprise !
According to these results the silicon values are the same with OEM and K&N filters.
My second UOA was performed by
Oil Analyzers Inc.
Here are both of the UOA's
(numbers indicate Parts per million in the oil)
Mobil 1 ---- Amsoil
Aluminum 2 --- 4
Chromium 1--- 0
Iron 10--- 9
Copper 1 --- 2
Lead 1--- 2
TIN 0 --- 0
Moly 84 ---13
Nickel 0 ---0
Silver 0 --- 0
Titanium 0 --- 0
Boron 48 --- 32
Silicon 18 ---18
Sodium 5 --- 8
Calcium 2343 --- 2524
Magnesium 14 --- 705
Phosphorus 665 --- 1015
Zinc 807 --- 1244
Barium 1 --- 0
TBN 3.0 --- 5.74
Visc @ 100C 11.1 --- 12.34
No fuel, water or anti freeze in both samples.
So take it for what its worth. The K&N drop in did not allow any more dirt into my engine at least for now. I put it back in the runner tonight when I got these results. Any questions?
Jake