1999 Ford Escort SE wagon (2.0L 4 cyl)
Miles on vehicle: 45295
[ January 29, 2003, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: BOBISTHEOILGUY ]
Miles on vehicle: 45295
[ January 29, 2003, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: BOBISTHEOILGUY ]
Notice how the lead's read.. Keep in mind that this is ppm, before the limits hit abnormal they have to havequote:
Here is the latest on my mineral molybond oil at 6845 miles(155miles short of 7,000) on current oil. Still running it on the same fram filter and oil. Very little oil was added at that time as the sample was pulled through the pump and didn't drop enough to warrent added oil.
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[ M1 filter ] Fram filter
blend blend Molybond
miles 10,500 4,022 4,000 6,845
Wear Metals
copper 10 19 8 10
iron 30 17 12 16
chrom 0 0 0 0
alum 2 2 2 2
lead 18 36 2 7
Additives
moly 121 114 99 85
phos 1146 709 937 716
zinc 1260 906 1017 786
magnesum 14 9 9 7
calc 3587 2976 2809 2228
Contaminants
silicon 7 7 3 5
%antifreeze,fuel,%h20 all 0
Oil Properties
Vsic 16.65 12.81 14.49 14.82
50w 40w 40w 40w
sulfur 4 45 15 12
oxidation 32 21 13 15
nitration 35 20 14 15
soot 0 0 0 0
Ya.quote:
Originally posted by vvk:
[QB] Does not look good. I would change it. And use something 10W-40 or 15W-40.
Little engine that could. I now have two of them in the family: a 1994 88 hp and a 1998 110 hp with split port induction. I really, really like them. I think they are perfect for East Coast gridlock driving environment and are especially well suited for automatic transmissions that most of my family members seem to enjoy so muchquote:
Originally posted by slider:
It will be interesting to see if a 40 weight will reduce these lead numbers. I'm fairly certain they are mostly caused by me driving this little 110HP engine so hard.
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[ M1 filter ] [ Fram filter ]
blend blend (15w40) Molybond 5w30
miles 10,500 4,022 4,000 6,845 9442 3520
Wear Metals
copper 10 19 8 10 7 4
iron 30 17 12 16 20 8
chrom 0 0 0 0 0 0
alum 2 2 2 2 1 2
lead 18 36 2 7 14 8
Additives
moly 121 114 99 85 78 91
phos 1146 709 937 716 765 980
zinc 1260 906 1017 786 752 862
magnesum 14 9 9 7 7 10
calc 3587 2976 2809 2228 2405 1923
Contaminants
silicon 7 7 3 5 8 8
%antifreeze,fuel,%h20 all 0
Oil Properties
Vsic 16.65 12.81 14.49 14.82 16.37 9.51
50w 40w 40w 40w 50w 30w
sulfur 4 45 15 12 14 14
oxidation 32 21 13 15 14 14
nitration 35 20 14 15 21 13
soot 0 0 0 0 0 0
This car has a rather extreme cold startup flare that I would estimate to be 2500 rpm. One can hear rods rattling until the pressure comes up. I going to work on reducing this somehow.quote:
Originally posted by JohnBrowning:
Just one thing to point out. If the oil is doing it's job and the viscosity is right no parts should contact once oil pressure comes up. If parts contact bearing once running then the oil either failed to do it's job or it is too thin for the shock/torque loading you are puting to it!
4000-5000 Rpms is not much for a modern automotive engine.
I've seen descriptions to solve this problem by putting a descrete ammount (determined by experimentation) of hard rubber jammed in the air inlet port of the idle control valve and it is claimed to work. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm tempted.quote:
Originally posted by JR:
Also I would like to say that me to have experienced the high idle at start up. I would say that the engine will rev up about 3,000 rpms for a few second. Also I have experience the terible sound at start up that sound like rod knock for a few seconds.
timing belt lasting 225,000 miles is amazing. that's one of the longest mileage on the original timing belt that I have seen. I'm 70k on a replacement timing belt. I took a look at it and still looked new.quote:
Originally posted by JR:
It now has 244,000 miles on her and is still running like new. the only thing that has been replaced on this engine is the water pump and timing belt which had lasted an amazing 225,000 miles.