2002 Camaro Z28 LS1
German Castrol 0w30(green older stuff batch M04xxxxx)
5,000 miles on oil.
40,000 miles on car and engine
I'm really starting to get #@$%! about this #@$%! poor wear!!! I'm paying big bucks to "tune" my oil and all I'm getting is high through the roof wear!!!! Here is the full history through UOA's on this engine starting with this UOA followed to the first:
This UOA.................................first UOA.
Aluminum 3/3/3/2/2/3/2/3
Chromium 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Iron 26/19/20/10/12/31/9/16
Copper 32/25/42/44/56/63/52/118
Lead 9/7/10/5/5/6/4/8
Tin 2/0/2/1/3/6/3/3
Molybdenum 7/5/11/10/60/74/65/68
Nickel 1/1/1/0/1/1/0/1
Manganese 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/0
Potassium 0/1/3/3/3/2/2/0
Boron 0/3/10/17/140/152/119/157
Silicon 9/8/10/10/12/23/37/14
Sodium 3/2/3/3/6/6/2/9
SUS viscosity @210 degreese F 64.0
Flashpoint 435
Fuel 0
Antifreeze 0
Insolubles 0.2
TBN 1.9!!!!!!! Down that low in 5,000 miles!!!!!!!!
A little history on this Camaro:
It is my wifes car and she does not drive it hard at all. It was burning oil and had piston slap and GM rebulit the engine because of that at 12,000 miles. The 2nd UOA from the right was the 1st UOA done after the rebuild using Halvoling dino oil and that UOA was the best one. The engine still has piston slap(to me it sounds a little like a diesel engine sound) and it burns oil but not much(maybe 16oz in 5,000 miles. The car runs great and is very quick.
I really want to get much lower iron wear and wear across the board. I'm loosing faith in German Castrol fast and the company that is advising me(I won't name names). One reason I'm having doubts in my adviser is I was told to take this OCI to 10,000 miles when the TBN is at 1.9. I see much harder driven LS1's with MUCH lower wear. Frankly I'm really #@$%!! Here my car already has 45,000 miles and I'm still trying to find the proper oil regime. I'm dropping $45 per UOA and using expensive GC and babying the car and geting high wear!!! I'm not getting my money's worth!!!
What should my next move be? I'll have another 5,000 mile GC UOA in a few more weeks and I'm betting my wear will be even higher...I'll post it as soon as I hit the mileage soon. I have enough GC for 1 more oil change and I'm going to take that to just 3,000 miles and see what I get and then I'm going to be changing oils.
What should my next move be? I'm thinking of using Castrol GTX 5w30. I use this in my 1997 Tahoe with a 350 V8 and wear is SUPER LOW!!!! like 4ppm iron, 1 Aluminium, 1 Chromium, 2 copper ect. In fact Black Stone Labs told me I had the lowest wearing chevy 350 on record!!!!! I give credit to the Castrol GTX.
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!!!
German Castrol 0w30(green older stuff batch M04xxxxx)
5,000 miles on oil.
40,000 miles on car and engine
I'm really starting to get #@$%! about this #@$%! poor wear!!! I'm paying big bucks to "tune" my oil and all I'm getting is high through the roof wear!!!! Here is the full history through UOA's on this engine starting with this UOA followed to the first:
This UOA.................................first UOA.
Aluminum 3/3/3/2/2/3/2/3
Chromium 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
Iron 26/19/20/10/12/31/9/16
Copper 32/25/42/44/56/63/52/118
Lead 9/7/10/5/5/6/4/8
Tin 2/0/2/1/3/6/3/3
Molybdenum 7/5/11/10/60/74/65/68
Nickel 1/1/1/0/1/1/0/1
Manganese 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/0
Potassium 0/1/3/3/3/2/2/0
Boron 0/3/10/17/140/152/119/157
Silicon 9/8/10/10/12/23/37/14
Sodium 3/2/3/3/6/6/2/9
SUS viscosity @210 degreese F 64.0
Flashpoint 435
Fuel 0
Antifreeze 0
Insolubles 0.2
TBN 1.9!!!!!!! Down that low in 5,000 miles!!!!!!!!
A little history on this Camaro:
It is my wifes car and she does not drive it hard at all. It was burning oil and had piston slap and GM rebulit the engine because of that at 12,000 miles. The 2nd UOA from the right was the 1st UOA done after the rebuild using Halvoling dino oil and that UOA was the best one. The engine still has piston slap(to me it sounds a little like a diesel engine sound) and it burns oil but not much(maybe 16oz in 5,000 miles. The car runs great and is very quick.
I really want to get much lower iron wear and wear across the board. I'm loosing faith in German Castrol fast and the company that is advising me(I won't name names). One reason I'm having doubts in my adviser is I was told to take this OCI to 10,000 miles when the TBN is at 1.9. I see much harder driven LS1's with MUCH lower wear. Frankly I'm really #@$%!! Here my car already has 45,000 miles and I'm still trying to find the proper oil regime. I'm dropping $45 per UOA and using expensive GC and babying the car and geting high wear!!! I'm not getting my money's worth!!!
What should my next move be? I'll have another 5,000 mile GC UOA in a few more weeks and I'm betting my wear will be even higher...I'll post it as soon as I hit the mileage soon. I have enough GC for 1 more oil change and I'm going to take that to just 3,000 miles and see what I get and then I'm going to be changing oils.
What should my next move be? I'm thinking of using Castrol GTX 5w30. I use this in my 1997 Tahoe with a 350 V8 and wear is SUPER LOW!!!! like 4ppm iron, 1 Aluminium, 1 Chromium, 2 copper ect. In fact Black Stone Labs told me I had the lowest wearing chevy 350 on record!!!!! I give credit to the Castrol GTX.
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!!!
