18 Porsche 911, Motul 5W-40 Xcess,1461 Miles, 13 Months

[Nyati]

 

[Passport1]

That's a beauty for sure.

 

[JoelB]

Wear metals seem almost suspiciously low, even for the miles. Or am I just a glass half empty person here?

 

[fantastic]

Great report on this short run.

 

[wings&wheels]

Thank you, nice car. Great color. This oil will be on the list for oil changes on our T.

 

[Vercingetorix]

100 miles a month means you need to have that car taken away so it gets used properly.

 

[Nyati]

100 miles a month means you need to have that car taken away so it gets used properly.

My Turbo S is my daily in the summer. It gets driven more. I actually like driving my F150 more though- less hassle with traffic.

 

[ceecbtg]

Something wrong, wear is not normal and oil additives is not from X-Cess 5w40.

 

[Davejam]

Something wrong, wear is not normal and oil additives is not from X-Cess 5w40.

Agreed, this doesn't look right.

 

[Nyati]

I emailed them to have them double check the results. Thanks for everyone’s input.

 

[Nyati]

They tested the results again. The additives changed, but they said the wear results are nearly the same. Makes you wonder if you can trust their results if you have to have the sample retested.

 

[ceecbtg]

Yeah now additive is nearly as X-Cess (calcium little low) and wear well... check other similar engines.

 

[himemsys]

They tested the results again. The additives changed, but they said the wear results are nearly the same. Makes you wonder if you can trust their results if you have to have the sample retested.

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There was a time when almost everyone used Blackstone and this would happen sometimes. People started talking smack on BS's "poor accuracy" and said to use other oil analysis companies. I predicted back then that the more people started using other labs, the more we'd see these types of mistakes from the other labs. But because BS was used so often, it made it appear as if they messed up all the time and the other labs never messed up.

Granted, I no longer use BS for other reasons, so I'm not a fanboy or defending them.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

They tested the results again. The additives changed, but they said the wear results are nearly the same. Makes you wonder if you can trust their results if you have to have the sample retested.

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It shows how pointless low mileage UOAs are.

 

[himemsys]

It shows how pointless low mileage UOAs are.

There’s always a naysayer to rain on your parade too.