2001 Honda 15835 mi. Amsoil 0-30

[JB969]

This is my second OA on this vehicle. First run on Amsoil, after running pennzoil. Total miles now are 89300. First column is 9305 on oil and second is 15835 on oil. About 1 Qt. was added and filter changed at 9305. Changed oil this sample.

IRON 12/11
CHROMIUM 0/1
LEAD 32/39
COPPER 6/9
TIN 0/0
ALUMINUM 4/4
NICKEL 0/0
SILVER 0/0
SILICON 19/10
BORON 36/19
SODIUM 7/2
MAGNESIUM 757/624
CALCIUM 2663/1836
BARIUM 0/0
PHOSPHORUS 1204/943
ZINC 1379/1285
MOLY 68/36
TI 0/0
VA 0/0
POTASSIUM 0/0
FUEL VISC 11.2/12.92
NITR 5/31
OXID 23/23
TBN 5.16/3.99


I am thinking it turned out pretty good except maybey the lead. Pablo and TOOSLICK looked at the first OA, what do you think now?

 

[Brons2]

lead 32/39? that's pretty high IMHO, even considering the mileage. It's over 3ppm/1K miles.

 

[langow]

How many month's was the 0w-30 in the vehicle? Just curious because my UOA from 0w-30 purchased last September shows a greatly reduce Magnesium # and lower visc.

 

[SSDude]

You should contact Terry Dyson about the high lead level.

 

[JB969]

Installed Amsoil on 2/01/05. First sample was taken on 8/04 and then sampled and changed on 12/30.

 

[Pablo]

Lead does seem high, but this is your first run on synthetic. It's interesting that your lead was 32 ppm at 9K then at 16K it is 39. Sure it was diluted by the make-up oil, but still this points to either an event early in the run (leaded fuel, bearing streak) or plain old clean up. The other metals are so low I have some difficulty thinking this is pure bearing wear.

The oil looks to have held up well.

Indeed - time and driving style?

 

[Thorn]

I noticed that you are from Virginia. Have you driven through points south, especially Georgia, and gassed up during this OCI?

I recall seeing many UOAs from the southeast U.S. in the year or so that I have been a BITOG member that have extremely high levels of lead. Yours isn't nearly as bad as we've seen in the past.

Could this be that leaded gas that we've been suspecting?

 

[Pablo]

It is possible that one or two tanks of leaded gas were used.

 

[STSinNYC]

Which Honda engine is in the car? I4 or V6?

Seems like a lot of lead compared to other Honda UOAs.