02 Accord 4 speed AT RLI ATF 2652 OCI 92774 on car

[benjamming]

Code:
ATF used RLI ATF RLI ATF AMSOIL ATF AMSOIL ATF AMSOIL ATF AMSOIL ATF Honda ATF Z1

Sample Date 16-Aug-2008 12-Jul-2008 5-Mar-2008 17-Jan-2008 29-Nov-2007 Jan-19-2007 Jan-28-2006

Miles on oil 2,652 3,131 2,990 3,010 2,974 15,003 12,836

Miles on car 92,774 90,122 84,003 81,013 78,003 60,011 45,008

Make-up oil None None None None None None None

Lab: Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone



Wear Metals:

Iron: 12 16 27 40 54 70 60

Copper: 10 5 4 6 8 8 7

Tin: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lead: 1 1 1 1 2 3 2

Chromium: 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Nickel: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Aluminum: 18 23 47 66 82 74 36

Titanium: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Silver: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Additive Metals:

Calcium: 230 207 126 152 205 323 388

Magnesium: 4 7 18 27 44 136 258

Zinc: 12 15 33 49 82 206 356

Phosphorus: 362 436 470 443 374 176 2

Barium: 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

Molybdenum: 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Antimony: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT



Contaminant Metals:

Silicon: 6 6 9 12 15 14 10

Sodium: 8 8 11 14 11 7 4

Boron: 130 149 191 155 140 209 243

Potassium: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Vanadium: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Manganese: 0 0 0 1 0 1 1



Physical & Other Tests:

Viscosity 40C: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Viscosity 100C: 6.15 6.54 6.07 6.38 6.13 45.8 44.3

TAN: 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.2 1.7 0.9 0.5

Flashpoint: 400 400 430 405 410 365 340

Oxidation: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Nitration: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Water: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Fuel: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

TBN: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Insolubles: 0.0 0.0 TR 0.1 0.1 Trace 0

Glycol: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

VI: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT

Sulfate: NT NT NT NT NT NT NT


Another drain & refill with RLI at this sample. This analysis is with 63% RLI & pretty much the rest is AMSOIL. Material on drain plug is minimal.

 

[MolaKule]

Well, no way is the Honda or Amsoil viscosity 45.8 cSt @100C; that must have been measured at 40C.

The last two entries on the right cannot be compared to the others unless you use a measure like ppm/1000 miles, which I believe is a better measure of performance.

I would say that RLI is doing a good job, but recommend you take samples at 10,000 mile intervals.

 

[benjamming]

The viscosity results in the last 2 columns are in SUS.

 

[MolaKule]

OK, makes sense; it's just that all the other viscosity values are reported in kinematic viscosities.

I would speak with Terry Dyson about the analyses for another opinion. He has seen a lot of RLI analyses of late.