Hey folks, as you noticed from the title, I drive a 2012 Ford Fusion Sport AWD. It gets a mix of HWY\City but mostly highway miles. I do tend to drive it a bit faster\aggressively than the general population but nothing excessive. One thing notable in this UOA compared to the last is the decrease in Iron. Ive run the Amsoil Signature Series 5W-20 in it for the last few changes. I had been thinking of going to the Amsoil 0W-20 for the higher VI since it gets pretty cold around here, but I got a really good deal off of Amazon on some 0W-20 Royal Purple\Filter that I couldn't pass up.
Here is my most recent UOA
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Comments: Remember the days not too long ago when you were running just 3,000 miles on the oil? What a waste! Okay,
well, not a waste for the factory oil because it had a lot of wear-in metal and silicon in it, but now that that stuff has
cleared out, you'd be throwing away good oil if you changed it every 3,000 miles. You're up to well over 10,000 miles
on the oil and everything here looks very good. Iron improved a bit -- which is unusual, but impressive -- and other
metals are steady enough to show no real issues. The TBN is still strong. Try for 12,000 miles. Nice!
OIL Amsoil Signature Series 5W20
MILES IN USE 10,766
MILES 37,819
SAMPLE TAKEN 11/08/13
ALUMINUM 7
CHROMIUM 1
IRON 20
COPPER 41
LEAD 1
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 126
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 7
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 3
BORON 44
SILICON 18
SODIUM 17
CALCIUM 3298
MAGNESIUM 15
PHOSPHORUS 604
ZINC 676
BARIUM 1
SUS VIS 210ºF 57.8
cSt @ 100ºC 9.60
FLASHPOINT ºF 360
FUEL%
ANTIFREEZE% 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES 0.2
TBN 3.5
Here is the previous UOA...
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Comments:This is the longest oil run yet for the 3.5L in your Fusion, and the only wear metal that noticed is iron. That's
normal. We expect iron to go up the longer you run the oil, and a reading of 28 ppm is still fine in our book. The other
metals look great so if iron doesn't bother you (it shouldn't!), then try for 12,000 miles next time. The oil can take it --
you've still got some active additive left with a 2.2 TBN. As you can see, the TBN doesn't drop in a straight line so you
may very well be able to do 15,000 miles after that. No fuel or coolant found. Nice engine.
OIL Amsoil Signature Series 5W20
MILES IN USE 10,070
MILES 27,053
SAMPLE TAKEN 05/12/13
ALUMINUM 7
CHROMIUM 1
IRON 28
COPPER 32
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 133
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 6
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 81
SILICON 16
SODIUM 30
CALCIUM 3314
MAGNESIUM 18
PHOSPHORUS 667
ZINC 754
BARIUM 1
SUS VIS 210ºF 56.7
cSt @ 100ºC 9.27
FLASHPOINT ºF 400
FUEL%
INSOLUBLES 0.3
WATER 0
TBN 2.2
Here is my most recent UOA
Code:
Comments: Remember the days not too long ago when you were running just 3,000 miles on the oil? What a waste! Okay,
well, not a waste for the factory oil because it had a lot of wear-in metal and silicon in it, but now that that stuff has
cleared out, you'd be throwing away good oil if you changed it every 3,000 miles. You're up to well over 10,000 miles
on the oil and everything here looks very good. Iron improved a bit -- which is unusual, but impressive -- and other
metals are steady enough to show no real issues. The TBN is still strong. Try for 12,000 miles. Nice!
OIL Amsoil Signature Series 5W20
MILES IN USE 10,766
MILES 37,819
SAMPLE TAKEN 11/08/13
ALUMINUM 7
CHROMIUM 1
IRON 20
COPPER 41
LEAD 1
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 126
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 7
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 3
BORON 44
SILICON 18
SODIUM 17
CALCIUM 3298
MAGNESIUM 15
PHOSPHORUS 604
ZINC 676
BARIUM 1
SUS VIS 210ºF 57.8
cSt @ 100ºC 9.60
FLASHPOINT ºF 360
FUEL%
ANTIFREEZE% 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES 0.2
TBN 3.5
Here is the previous UOA...
Code:
Comments:This is the longest oil run yet for the 3.5L in your Fusion, and the only wear metal that noticed is iron. That's
normal. We expect iron to go up the longer you run the oil, and a reading of 28 ppm is still fine in our book. The other
metals look great so if iron doesn't bother you (it shouldn't!), then try for 12,000 miles next time. The oil can take it --
you've still got some active additive left with a 2.2 TBN. As you can see, the TBN doesn't drop in a straight line so you
may very well be able to do 15,000 miles after that. No fuel or coolant found. Nice engine.
OIL Amsoil Signature Series 5W20
MILES IN USE 10,070
MILES 27,053
SAMPLE TAKEN 05/12/13
ALUMINUM 7
CHROMIUM 1
IRON 28
COPPER 32
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 133
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 6
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 81
SILICON 16
SODIUM 30
CALCIUM 3314
MAGNESIUM 18
PHOSPHORUS 667
ZINC 754
BARIUM 1
SUS VIS 210ºF 56.7
cSt @ 100ºC 9.27
FLASHPOINT ºF 400
FUEL%
INSOLUBLES 0.3
WATER 0
TBN 2.2