2022 Explorer, 2.3L EcoBoost, 36k Miles, 7.6k OCI, SuperTech 5W30 Synthetic

[kam327]

Very happy with this report. It's the wife's daily driver with lots of short trips and idling, carting the teenagers around everywhere.

 

[thastinger]

Looks good but I would say not to push the mileage beyond this.

 

[Hermann]

Looks good. I would do 5-6K but its your engine. Who needs the boutique oils.

 

[JavierH19]

It's ok. I'd cut back a bit just to be sure since a 2.1 tbn is getting there. I'd suggest switching to a any SP rated euro. I'm using quaker state euro 5w-40 at the moment, not gonna bother with 0w-20 even if I'm still under warranty.

 

[kam327]

Looks good but I would say not to push the mileage beyond this.

Agreed.

Looks good. I would do 5-6K but its your engine. Who needs the boutique oils.

Thanks - I think I'm comfortable sticking to 7.5k.

It's ok. I'd cut back a bit just to be sure since a 2.1 tbn is getting there. I'd suggest switching to a any SP rated euro. I'm using quaker state euro 5w-40 at the moment, not gonna bother with 0w-20 even if I'm still under warranty.

What would be your technical reason for switching oil?

 

[JavierH19]

What would be your technical reason for switching oil?

In short it's better formulated. Better suited for the engine protection and drain intervals and there's no lspi concern with it. Costs just a few bucks more.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

In short it's better formulated. Better suited for the engine protection and drain intervals and there's no lspi concern with it. Costs just a few bucks more.

With the report showing as good as it did, there’s no sense in bumping up another grade. The only thing stopping him from going farther is TBN, and the shelf Euros don’t address this either. Short of name dropping the only oil that could likely double or triple this OCI, OP looks fine to use what he’s got, and stick to 7-7.5k changes.

Unless he’s going to go all out with an oil with >11 starting TBN, nothing the Euro oils will do for him justify any additional spend. The oil’s still in grade. Iron wear is 1ppm/1k miles. Insolubles 0.1%. Flashpoint is a little low at 395*F and TBN just above condemnation limit… OP is perfectly justified to continue on current plan; there’s just nothing that will be measurably improved by using QS Euro 5w40… the data doesn’t support it.

 

[buster]

What would be useful here is a TAN and oxidation value. If TAN is higher than 3, then I would change the oil.

Not trying to pick on B/S Labs but without TAN and oxidation you're somewhat limited.

 

[wemay]

Nothing from this report would push me to a major. If you want to use something else, by all means, nothing wrong with that. But SuperTech did a great job here. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JavierH19]

With the report showing as good as it did, there’s no sense in bumping up another grade. The only thing stopping him from going farther is TBN, and the shelf Euros don’t address this either. Short of name dropping the only oil that could likely double or triple this OCI, OP looks fine to use what he’s got, and stick to 7-7.5k changes.

Unless he’s going to go all out with an oil with >11 starting TBN, nothing the Euro oils will do for him justify any additional spend. The oil’s still in grade. Iron wear is 1ppm/1k miles. Insolubles 0.1%. Flashpoint is a little low at 395*F and TBN just above condemnation limit… OP is perfectly justified to continue on current plan; there’s just nothing that will be measurably improved by using QS Euro 5w40… the data doesn’t support it.

Uh yeah.. standard pcmo fs 5w-30 definitely has the same drain interval potential as any euro oil with a3/b4, mb 229, vw 504, porsche a40, and bmw ll-01 for ratings and clearly wouldn't do better tbn and tan wise after an equal run...

 

[Triple_Se7en]

5k OCIs work best with these Ecoboost engines. It'll last longer.

 

[squidward]

Where does manganese come from?

 

[We're Metals]

I wonder if the 20,000 Supertech would fare if ran to 10,000 miles.