2013 Ford Focus ST - Pennzoil Ultra 13,949 km

[ajwan]

2013 Ford Focus ST, purchased November, 2013. My first UOA here:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...il_#Post3066286

This post reports my second UOA.

Car is a daily driver with about 70:30 city:hwy with an occasional rush of turbo thrown in for good measure. No additives added during the whole run. Also a K&N drop-in filter. Engine is a direct-injection variety.

Viscosity and flashpoint were both slightly low and out of spec. Fuel was present, albeit at the detection limit only. Seems like my car likes PP over PU? LOL! No seriously, I'm sure both oils are fine for this car. But given the unavailability of PU here in Canada, I'll just stick to PP. Your thoughts? Should I go no further than 14,000 km between changes or go back to 12,000?

Regards,
Andrew

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Make/Model 2.0L GTDI EcoBoost I-4 engine

Fuel Type: Gasoline

Additional Info 2013 Ford Focus ST

Oil Type and Grade Pennzoil Ultra 5W-30

Oil Use Interval 13,949 km



MI/HR on Oil 13,949 11,753 km Unit/Location Universal

MI/HR on Unit 27,042 13,093 km Averages Averages

Sample Date 03/06/14 7/6/2013

Make Up Oil Added 0 qts 0 qts



Aluminum 6 9 9 5

Chromium 1 1 1 0

Iron 17 22 22 13

Copper 37 65 65 4

Lead 1 3 3 0

Tin 2 2 2 1

Molybdenum 61 59 59 61

Nickel 1 1 1 0

Manganese 6 27 27 2

Silver 0 0 0 0

Titanium 2 0 0 2

Potassium 5 3 3 3

Boron 44 18 18 79

Silicon 15 34 34 18

Sodium 5 4 4 36

Calcium 2289 2494 2494 2110

Magnesium 47 12 12 161

Phosphorus 767 725 725 737

Zinc 881 842 842 822

Barium 0 2 2 3



Values Should Be

SUS Viscosity @ 210F 54.5 58 55-63

cSt Viscosity @ 100C 8.61 9.65 8.8-11.3

Flashpoint in F 355 415 >365

Fuel % 0.5
Antifreeze % 0 0 0

Water % 0 0
Insolubles % 0.3 0.2
TBN 3.6 2.4 >1.0


"Your engine is making nice strides in the right direction. Wear metals read lower after a longer interval, so wear-in material is washing out well. Copper was high enough to get a mark, but it should continue to drop. Copper often takes the longest to wash out since it starts out the highest, but it'll probably be low enough to avoid a mark soon. The viscosity and flashpoint were a little low and the two might be related. The flashpoint shows 0.5% fuel in the oil, which might have thinned the oil a bit (both are harmless). The TBN was good at 3.6. Add 2K km to this fill."

 

[147_Grain]

With 70% city driving on a Direct Injection engine, would not recommend going over 12,000km. My personal OCI on a D.I. engine with mostly city driving would be about 9,000km.

You might have a fuel dilution issue as your high temperature viscosity dropped from 9.65 to 8.61

 

[dparm]

I would keep using Ultra, but stick with a 12,000km interval.

 

[ajwan]

Originally Posted By: 147_Grain
With 70% city driving on a Direct Injection engine, would not recommend going over 12,000km. My personal OCI on a D.I. engine with mostly city driving would be about 9,000km.

You might have a fuel dilution issue as your high temperature viscosity dropped from 9.65 to 8.61


Interesting how my first run came back fine, but the oil thinned out on the second run. Don't know if it's a for sure thing that the thinning is related to the fuel in the oil or if it's from shearing. I would have thought that fuel would have evaporated out as on average, my daily commute is 13 km one-way (26 km total). My car has an oil temp gauge which reaches normal operating temperatures by around the 10 km mark.

Regards,
Andrew

 

[ajwan]

BTW, I should also mention that my car is "tuned" to approximately 250 whp and 320 ft/lbs torque (per tuner's validation). Presumabely, the tuner leaned out the AFR slightly and modified the boost to achieve this.

Regards,
Andrew

 

[STupidfaST]

Originally Posted By: ajwan
BTW, I should also mention that my car is "tuned" to approximately 250 whp and 320 ft/lbs torque (per tuner's validation). Presumabely, the tuner leaned out the AFR slightly and modified the boost to achieve this.

Regards,
Andrew


I just had the FRPP FR1 package installed last Friday. That's the Ford tune, snorkel, K&N filter, colder iridium plugs, and cat-back exhaust. I have yet to dyno, but I am pushing 25 psi with regularity. Ford claims +90 lb-ft increase.

 

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: 147_Grain
With 70% city driving on a Direct Injection engine, would not recommend going over 12,000km. My personal OCI on a D.I. engine with mostly city driving would be about 9,000km.

You might have a fuel dilution issue as your high temperature viscosity dropped from 9.65 to 8.61


Almost guaranteed. There's a LOT of fuel in a high psi tune...

 

[ajwan]

Pretty aggressive! I'm on "Torrie's" unleashed tune and have been tuned since 50 km off the lot. I've done nothing other than the tune and the K&N drop-in.

Originally Posted By: STupidfaST
Originally Posted By: ajwan
BTW, I should also mention that my car is "tuned" to approximately 250 whp and 320 ft/lbs torque (per tuner's validation). Presumabely, the tuner leaned out the AFR slightly and modified the boost to achieve this.

Regards,
Andrew


I just had the FRPP FR1 package installed last Friday. That's the Ford tune, snorkel, K&N filter, colder iridium plugs, and cat-back exhaust. I have yet to dyno, but I am pushing 25 psi with regularity. Ford claims +90 lb-ft increase.

 

[ajwan]

You're probably right. I'm leaning to 12,000 km tops.

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Originally Posted By: 147_Grain
With 70% city driving on a Direct Injection engine, would not recommend going over 12,000km. My personal OCI on a D.I. engine with mostly city driving would be about 9,000km.

You might have a fuel dilution issue as your high temperature viscosity dropped from 9.65 to 8.61


Almost guaranteed. There's a LOT of fuel in a high psi tune...