2004 Kia Amanti castrol GTX 10w30 3003 miles

[Cup of Joe]

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Installed new factory air filter

Factory oil filter

No additives used

0 make up oil





Castrol GTX Havoline Pennzoil Universal

10w-30 5w-30 possibly Average

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Miles/Unit 5750 2747 630 3500



Miles/OCI 3003 2117 630

Time/OCI 1Mth 1 Mths

18days

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Aluminum 4 1 2 3

Chromium 0 0 0 1

Iron 5 4 7 16

Copper 2 3 5 7

Lead 1 1 1 4

Tin 4 4 1 3

Moly 87 329 79 74

Nickel 0 0 0 0

Manganese 1 1 1 1

Silver 0 0 0 0

Titanium 0 0 0 0

Potassium 1 2 0 1

Boron 5 35 13 33

Silicon 14 25 33 15

Sodium 2 1 1 4

Calcium 1723 1475 1068 1610

Magnesium 12 35 9 96

Phos. 607 558 417 679

Zinc 669 718 467 828

Barium 0 1 5 1







Visc. @210F 55.6 52.5 55.0 56-62

TBN 2.4 3.6 N/A







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Water (% v/v) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Insolubles(% v/v) 0.3 0.1 0.1
Antifreeze 0 0 0 0

Fuel Dilution
Flashpoint 410 395 380 >365

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[Patman]

Very nice wear numbers! And that flashpoint still looks very good!

 

[Ray H]

That's a nicely wearing-in engine regardless what oil has gone into it. I take it the suspected Pennzoil was the factory fill oil that you changed out early to flush wear-in, leftover machining, and core sand residual crud? Castrol GTX 10W-30 certainly held up very well, but for the difference in price, I'd consider Havoline 10W-30 or one of the ConocoPhillips synthetic blends in the same viscosity range. TropArtic is nearly a buck cheaper per quart at WalMart. I'm about 2,600 miles into my first run with T/A 10W-30 in my Sonata's 2.7L V6.

 

[Cup of Joe]

Yes pennzoil was flushed out after the engine was changed so this is a new unit. As it turns out I am running Havoline 10W-30 right now as per Terry's advice along with some other changes.

The only things I see that really matter is the oil shear and the aluminum is higher then average. I have another oil sample to post, same engine family different car with the same aluminum numbers for 2 samples.