'12 Dodge Charger 3.6L Pentastar, Edge 4200mi

[chubbs1]

Very Happy with this UOA. Cu was high but I expected it to be higher after seeing some of the other 3.6 Pentastar UOA's. This run was 6mo. Mostly short tripping and one 350mi Road trip. I do not baby this car, I drive it, don't spin tires or anything but I thought this sample would give a good idea of the overall engine.
B/S stated they believe Cu will come down and I do to.



Code:
OIL Edge FST/Edge Syntec 50%/50%



MILES IN USE 4226Mi

MILES 19423

SAMPLE TAKEN 10/8/13



ALUMINUM 1

CHROMIUM 0

IRON 4 23 UAvg based on 5100mi run

COPPER 56 44 UAvg based on 5100mi

LEAD 1

TIN 0

MOLYBDENUM 106

NICKEL 0

MANGANESE 1

SILVER 0

TITANIUM 33

POTASSIUM 4

BORON 62

SILICON 7

SODIUM 5

CALCIUM 1579

MAGNESIUM 1142

PHOSPHORUS 780

ZINC 849





INSOLUBLES 0.1





FLASHPOINT ºF 415

SUS VIS 210ºF 52.8

cSt @ 212ºF 9.16

 

[cp3]

Thanx for sharing!

Looks pretty good to me once you get past the Cu.

Mine is very close to the same mileage, I'll likely get some UOAs done as well.

 

[cp3]

Oh ya, was this an indicated change?

 

[dustyroads]

I don't know much about castrol oils but they did great for your car. That combo gave you lots of calcium/magnesium for good cleaning.

I assume the higher copper is just the usual break in period oil cooler leaching?

Otherwise looks great...good job!

 

[Clevy]

Castrol's offerings are slowly bringing me around. Looks pretty good from here.

 

[KCJeep]

5w30 I presume? Looks good to me I'm with you high copper is normal for these engines so not thinking that's a problem.

 

[Clevy]

Edit. Answer was in title.