Sharing another UOA. Half the trips were freeway miles this time, other half very short trips. Interesting however that there is fuel showing up in it now though..
2018 Bmw X1 s28i, 38.2k miles, 5.2k miles OCI Motul Xcess Gen 2 5w40 LL01
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edyvw
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How long did you drive before you did an oil change and took a sample?
About 15mins. Good point - the car reached operating temp but only for maybe 3-5 minutes at that point.
For those wondering starting from the far right column and moving left, first was factory fill BMW TPT 0w20 LL17 filled under the BMW free service period, followed by BMW TPT 5w30 LL01 SOPUS, then Motul 5w40 Xcess Gen 2 LL01 for the last two UOAs.
edyvw
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Yeah, you need longer drive. Oil looks good. VOA of that oil puts it around 12.6cst. Probably is bit higher due to margin of error that Blackstone admits.
It has BMW LL-01 approval , green light
Is this the same engine as in my JCW Mini Countryman with the 228 HP 2.0 L Turbo? That iron level would get my attention. At least it's going the right direction. The only UOA I have: the iron was 11 at 5000 miles using Pennzoil 0w30 Euro LX.
Yes. It's trending down though so I'm not worried. The intervals before this one consisted of horribly short trips - wife took it to the store once / twice a day to grab groceries, less than 5 min drive each way. Also, lot of idling while letting the babies sleep. This last interval was the only one that was truly "mixed". Much of the previous intervals were just rough on the oil / wear, car never really got up to temp a lot of times, short tripping, lot of idling. Also car gets started up and shut down a lot to move it out of the garage whenever I use the garage gym.