2016 Kia Optima, 55000 miles, 2.4 Theta GDI

[srfdude]

This was first oil change by me, immediately after purchase at around 54000 miles. Valvoline oil change center, used store brand (unmarked jug) 5-30 Valvoline blend according to them. I am surprised how good this came out after the negative reports here. Now this second change, I have Kirkland 5-30 Dexos, will run for 6K miles to compare.

 

[haggler]

Looks pretty good. I am running Kirkland 5w30 right now, will do a UOA on next change.

 

[wemay]

Excellent Report!

If you, i would black out your personal information or have the mods delete that PDF.
I have done a screenshot of the report for you below.... (w/o your info).

Thanks again for sharing.

 

[benjy]

in warmer climates a 10-30 fake synthetic like i put in girlfriends preowned 18 optima same 2.4L engine. only 20 thou on it + NO use between the 6 month recommended intervals, unlike her traded oil eatin 2.5 malibu!!!

 

[DirectRejection]

Looks solid, OP.
Valvoline is just fine.
Sweet spot.

 

[Brons2]

in warmer climates a 10-30 fake synthetic like i put in girlfriends preowned 18 optima same 2.4L engine. only 20 thou on it + NO use between the 6 month recommended intervals, unlike her traded oil eatin 2.5 malibu!!!

Yes, when I had my 2012 Theta II GDI, I used 5w30 and 10w30 (summer) exclusively, never 5w20. Group III synthetics.

 

[Aholland2804]

Looks like the car likes it! I would keep that in it. No need to change with those wear numbers!

 

[ChrisD46]

For grins - I would like to see a 5W30 report for comparison ... While I have run 5W20 synthetic a couple of times in my '17 Sonata 2.4L GDI , I feel like I have a better safety margin with 5W30 synthetic due to GDI fuel dilution which by 5K miles is getting a bit fragrant. If the engine were a PFI engine I would feel better about the 5W20 .

 

[Brons2]

For grins - I would like to see a 5W30 report for comparison ... While I have run 5W20 synthetic a couple of times in my '17 Sonata 2.4L GDI , I feel like I have a better safety margin with 5W30 synthetic due to GDI fuel dilution which by 5K miles is getting a bit fragrant. If the engine were a PFI engine I would feel better about the 5W20 .

The OP indicated that the tested oil is Valvoline 5w30.

 

[Danh]

Not that it matters much, but based on the “should be” viscosity @ 100C, Blackstone seems to think the sample is a 20-weight. For a 30-weight it is below minimum viscosity, probably because of the fuel dilution inherent in pretty much all DI engines. But good looking report otherwise. Thanks for posting.

 

[Dogman]

I wonder if this is an older version of Valvoline? Much more calcium and less moly than maxlife sp which I thought i was what most vioc’s use as their blend. My local Goodyear which uses Valvoline has packages labeled as standard, blend/maxlife and synthetic, good>better>best.