2010 ScionXD 1.8, Delo XSP 15w-40, 173K Miles, 20K UOA
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Great motor oil and a well engineered engine. It s a five speed but being 58, I don't flog her. I drive her pretty easy.
How many miles do you drive a year?
dnewton3
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Excellent wear rates; outstanding use of extended OCIs.
You're going to want to keep an eye on the insolubles. It's creeping up with the OCI duration. The insolubles in a Blackstone UOA are a combination of the soot and oxidation byproducts; it's a scaled value done by visual reference (the darker the sample, the higher the value). It's obviously not hurting anything yet, but the insolubles may become high enough at some point as to perhaps send the filter into bypass mode as the media loads up. What filter are you running? What's your filter change interval?
You're going to want to keep an eye on the insolubles. It's creeping up with the OCI duration. The insolubles in a Blackstone UOA are a combination of the soot and oxidation byproducts; it's a scaled value done by visual reference (the darker the sample, the higher the value). It's obviously not hurting anything yet, but the insolubles may become high enough at some point as to perhaps send the filter into bypass mode as the media loads up. What filter are you running? What's your filter change interval?
As you can see on the report I drive about 15-20K miles a year. I used to drive more but changed jobs and now commute 60 miles a day for 14 days vs. 80 miles for 20 days. Rural Alabama near B'ham.
As you can see on the report I drive about 15-20K miles a year. I used to drive more but changed jobs and now commute 60 miles a day for 14 days vs. 80 miles for 20 days. Rural Alabama near B'ham
SuperTech 20K Filter. Not a spin on but that funky cartridge that snaps into place inside the plastic screw off housing. I change the filter only when I change the oil.
Strumpy: great report. Thank You for sharing friend
Did you change the oil and filter? Maybe I missed it
Oh yeah, filled it with Valvoline Blue 15w-40 and another Super Tech cartridge oil filter. I'm gonna go 15K on this fill and I really want to try and maybe take some Pennzoil Ultra Platinum 10w-30 to 25K miles. If what I have studied about the Gas To Liquid process in forming the base oils is true then I believe a 25K mile OCI is doable.Strumpy: great report. Thank You for sharing friend
Did you change the oil and filter? Maybe I missed it
I’d love to see that report when it’s time
Bet I could run my blend of Delvac 1 5w40/HPL NO VII 5w20 25k +
Looks great, but 20k max. Wear also looked good on the thinner oils.
The oils in your previous runs had noticeably lower viscosities on less miles. So, you're telling us the 110,000 /9000 run with an ending vis of 8.52 started as a 40W vis?
Just noticed it, Thanks.
Man that is wild. I remember your last reports from this engine and im not surprised to see another stellar one. Dont change a thing.
It shows how good modern oils in a properly engineered and maintained non-direct injection engine can be. I wish their was a Group IV or PAO 15w-40. I'd go 25K with some of that in my Scion!