Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
That looks like metals trending down due to break-in as noted. You also had some serious fuel dilution that impacted the flash point on the previous run and resulted in viscosity loss.
That's what the UOA is telling you.
I'm very happy about both of those...
Originally Posted By: Nate1979
You can't compare two different oils and draw a conclusion with such little data. Maybe by the time your car is ready for the scrapyard could you have maybe enough data to start to draw a conclusion but I doubt it. It's not the purpose of a UOA.
True. I do plan...
Originally Posted By: BikeWhisperer
I don't see anything that says one filter is better than another, but there may be something to all that Moly in Mazda oil.
I agree with you, on my previous report Blackstone said the Fram filter I used did a great job, so I don't think the filter made a big...
Originally Posted By: Brybo86
I think the wear metals are still coming down from break in.
I would really like to see this report without the fuel dilution.
How is this car typically driven?
Even though the flash point is a bit low, the wear metals aren't terrible.
The car is driven daily...
Hey everyone, I just got my latest oil report back from Blackstone Labs. This time I used the Mazda brand 0w20 with Moly in my 2014 Mazda3. Previously I was using Mobil1 Advanced Fuel Economy 0w20 (the left column on the report. While the Mobil was used over winter and the Mazda was used during...
With experiments one always want to limit the variables, so while I'm interested in running 91 and seeing if that solves the fuel dilution, should I simply keep everything the same (87 octane, ~7,000 miles between changes) now that I have the Mazda oil and filter on the car to directly test the...
It was about a 5-10 minute highway trip to the dealer to get the oil, 10 minutes in the parking lot, 10 minute trip back home via city streets and then about a half hour in the driveway while I got my tools, the car jacked and the oil draining, so that could be part of it.
Hey all, I had a Blackstone oil analysis done for the first time ever. I've browsed this forum and other sites and know some basics, such as fuel, water and other contaminants in the oil is usually not a great thing, the viscosity being lower generally is a good thing and Moly is an antiwear...