2005 F-150 5.4 VWB 5w-20 5,500 miles

[Bandito440]

This is from my buddy's 2005 F-150 with the 5.4. He has 70,000 on the clock and this is a 6-month 5,500 run on Valvoline conventional (white bottle) 5w-20 and a Motorcraft filter. He's split about 40/60 city/highway driving and it included the first cold half of this winter.

He said that he saw some small red grains of something in the oil when draining it out. The filter has been disposed of, so I can't dissect it. There doesn't seem to be any issues though.

Comments are appreciated.

 

[buster]

Looks good. Good oil. Valvoline oils tend to hold their viscosity very well.

These graphs are sort of meaningless without numbers, but it looks like even the VWB exceeds the basic API SN spec by a good margin.

 

[salv]

It's still no Mobil Super!

 

[dave1251]

Originally Posted By: salv
It's still no Mobil Super!


That is a good thing not a bad thing in my opinion. This is a pretty boring UOA as far as I am concerned.

 

[skyship]

Originally Posted By: Bandito440
This is from my buddy's 2005 F-150 with the 5.4. He has 70,000 on the clock and this is a 6-month 5,500 run on Valvoline conventional (white bottle) 5w-20 and a Motorcraft filter. He's split about 40/60 city/highway driving and it included the first cold half of this winter.

He said that he saw some small red grains of something in the oil when draining it out. The filter has been disposed of, so I can't dissect it. There doesn't seem to be any issues though.

Comments are appreciated.

Good result and you could extend the OCI out to 7500 miles if you are inclined as the oil is still in good condition. Not sure what the red bits in the oil are, but if you have a red plastic dipstick check to make sure the end has not broken off!

 

[CarbonSteel]

Not sure how the truck was used during that run, but the iron is higher than I have seen in mine using both PU and MS5K (even when towing in very high heat). My average on iron during 7500 mile runs is 10-12PPM. I am sure that is nothing to worry about, it is just more than I have seen in mine.

 

[dnewton3]

That load had a lot of life left in it, especially with insol at .2! The contamination elements are all well in control. The wear is right in line with UAs, This is essentially a stroked 4.6L engine. The data for the mod motors is typically very consistent regardless of the displacement of the Triton motor. This is one tight, well running 5.4L.

Good use of dino oil, but could be even better with a longer run. Probably would easily do twice that at 1 year and 10k miles or better. Yes - I said that. He would likely get LESS wear, and cut the cost in 1/2 by reducing the OCIs to once a year.

Whomever says that thin dinos are a bad idea have not seen UOAs like this.

 

[electrolover]

The 7 quart sump helps a lot

 

[KCJeep]

Very typical Valvoline run, VWB consistently seems very shear resistant.

 

[mr_diy]

Does the small moly number concern anyone?

 

[skyship]

Some of the best oils don't contain Moly and the 6 ppm is just residual from a previous fill. What is odd is that it does not contain any Boron and the non Moly oils normally have Boron. The detergents (Calcium and Magnesium) also seem a bit low.

 

[oilmaven]

Valvoline conventional has historically looked "weak" as far as additives are concerned yet has also returned consistently good UOA's here. I know people that have never used anything else (even when I've mentioned the low additive specs). None of their cars have blown up AFAIK. Good stuff!

 

[BearZDefect]

Originally Posted By: buster
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These graphs are sort of meaningless without numbers, but it looks like even the VWB exceeds the basic API SN spec by a good margin.

Yes, watch out for the distorted marketing graphs!

The base of those bars could be 1,000 and the top 1,020 (thus the middle is 1,010) so the difference from middle to top is more like 1% than the 50% visual appearance. I only made up those numbers as an example.

 

[Artem]

I wish the OP would have done a TBN... for all we know, this oil could have a bunch of life left in it and go a year, like Newton said.

 

[dnewton3]

Originally Posted By: mr_diy
Does the small moly number concern anyone?


Not me. But then again I'm not hung up on moly, and I value outputs more than inputs. VOAs are only predictors; UOAs are about results.