Possibly, however the schaeffers 132 moly ep is like molasses. Only thing I’m curious about is why the uptick in soot? My last 2 runs were 425 hours. First was finished at 10000 miles. Second run was 425 hours, 12,500 miles.You sure that’s not mostly from oxidative thickening?
No egr work done to the vehicle and I run some antigel if it gets down in the low teens.Have you had the EGR system worked on before? Do you use fuel additives?
No egr work done to the vehicle and I run some antigel if it gets down in the low teens.
Honestly I believe the high iron is because I have been running it out to 425 hours. Driving is mixed. I do about 1/2 city and half highway. And trying to establish a baseline. I am thinking the normal is more along the lines of 300-350 hours. I agree the iron is higher than typical for my mileage. I am about to do another uoa with 425 hours. That will be a determining factor whether I should change my approach and stick to the oil life monitor recommendations.Fe still seems high to me; not atrocious, but not "normal".
Honestly I believe the high iron is because I have been running it out to 425 hours. Driving is mixed. I do about 1/2 city and half highway. And trying to establish a baseline. I am thinking the normal is more along the lines of 300-350 hours. I agree the iron is higher than typical for my mileage. I am about to do another uoa with 425 hours. That will be a determining factor whether I should change my approach and stick to the oil life monitor recommendations.
Do you see anything indicating that I am running the oil past it’s useful life?
I think I am going to drop back to around 300 hours. Which will take me to 10000 miles based on my current driving habits. That will most likely when the oil life monitor triggers.Your engine should be broken in for this entire OCI. Fe seems high. Higher than the UOA for my PSD and I had almost 21K miles for this latest OCI. I do have a bypass filter setup with an Amsoil bypass filter.
You used Rotella T6 and I was using some Delo XE CJ-4. Both 5W40. I am out of the Delo XE CJ-4. So my current oil fill is Rotella T6. The Delo XE 5W40 CK-4 does not meet the Ford PSD spec and is not on the approved list.
But I have some fuel dilution. More than I would like to see.