Good Morning To All,
Thought I would post an update to last year's report with a new UOA. Mileage on the oil was 2,163 miles, in service for 1 year, bike now has 33,955 miles on it. I changed out the Mobil 1 Motorcycle 10w/40 and put in Rotella 15w/40 Conventional and I've listed the report below (Rotella is 1st column, M1 is 2nd column):
Alum 3 - 5
Chrom 0 - 1
Iron 13 - 30
Copper 6 - 11
Lead 0 - 0
Tin 0 - 2
Moly 18 - 82
Boron 76 - 234
Silicon 5 - 5
Sodium 4 - 5
Calc 2,320 - 1,771
Magnesium 39 - 125
Phosph 1,051 - 1,034
Zinc 1.204 - 1,153
SUS @210 71.3 - 67.8
Flash 400 - 405
Fuel Antifreeze 0 - 0
Water 0 - 0
Insolubles TR - 0.1
TBN 7.4 - 4.8
I am very pleased with the report having determined the reason for the elevated wear on Iron and Copper using the Mobil 1 oil was a result of the numerous starts of the engine as I listed in some earlier posts. I guess this confirms most wears of an engine is at start up? mad
It appears to me that the Shell Rotella 15w/40 Conventional did a good job, a gallon jug for about $12.00 at Walmart. laugh
When I changed oil, I put in Shell Rotella 5w/40 Synthetic, as I have had my best UOA's with this oil.
Thought I would post an update to last year's report with a new UOA. Mileage on the oil was 2,163 miles, in service for 1 year, bike now has 33,955 miles on it. I changed out the Mobil 1 Motorcycle 10w/40 and put in Rotella 15w/40 Conventional and I've listed the report below (Rotella is 1st column, M1 is 2nd column):
Alum 3 - 5
Chrom 0 - 1
Iron 13 - 30
Copper 6 - 11
Lead 0 - 0
Tin 0 - 2
Moly 18 - 82
Boron 76 - 234
Silicon 5 - 5
Sodium 4 - 5
Calc 2,320 - 1,771
Magnesium 39 - 125
Phosph 1,051 - 1,034
Zinc 1.204 - 1,153
SUS @210 71.3 - 67.8
Flash 400 - 405
Fuel Antifreeze 0 - 0
Water 0 - 0
Insolubles TR - 0.1
TBN 7.4 - 4.8
I am very pleased with the report having determined the reason for the elevated wear on Iron and Copper using the Mobil 1 oil was a result of the numerous starts of the engine as I listed in some earlier posts. I guess this confirms most wears of an engine is at start up? mad
It appears to me that the Shell Rotella 15w/40 Conventional did a good job, a gallon jug for about $12.00 at Walmart. laugh
When I changed oil, I put in Shell Rotella 5w/40 Synthetic, as I have had my best UOA's with this oil.