2022 Ford Bronco Sport 1.5L, NAPA SYN BLEND 5W-20, 5045 OCI

[Hootbro]

NAPA Synthetic Blend 5W-20 ran for 5045 miles in my wife's 2022 Ford Bronco Sport 1.5L 3cy. Fuel dilution is at 2% and not surprising since it is about 90% short tripping during that time.

In went Amazon Basics Synthetic Blend HM 5W-30. Might go down to a 3K mile OCI for that, test again and go from there.

 

[JoelB]

Wouldn't it be basically the same price to go pick up a synthetic 5w20 from Walmart than head to Napa for a blend? Or even amazon? $25.99 for the blend at my local Napa. $19 for Supertech synthetic.

 

[buster]

I would definitely keep the interval short. This oil has a low detergent level and likely little solvency so keeping it clean will be challenging going beyond 3k miles. My .02.

 

[TheOilWizard]

Interesting.. and just to think the Ford IOLM would likely allow this to run 10k/1year.

 

[Hootbro]

Wouldn't it be basically the same price to go pick up a synthetic 5w20 from Walmart than head to Napa for a blend? Or even amazon? $25.99 for the blend at my local Napa. $19 for Supertech synthetic.

I did not start the thread as a commentary of where the best value of my oil purchase would be, but since we are here, I bought both oils on clearance or sale. NAPA was $13 and the Amazon Basics $15 for the 5 quart jugs.

 

[Hootbro]

Interesting.. and just to think the Ford IOLM would likely allow this to run 10k/1year.

Yeah, the OLM was like 43% showing when I changed it.

 

[Hermann]

Interesting.. and just to think the Ford IOLM would likely allow this to run 10k/1year.

Ford and just about any other Auto Maker who is basically using just a basic mileage/day algorithm in a engine that has high dilution characteristics'

 

[wemay]

Wouldn't it be basically the same price to go pick up a synthetic 5w20 from Walmart than head to Napa for a blend? Or even amazon? $25.99 for the blend at my local Napa. $19 for Supertech synthetic.

NAPA often has it on sale for $13 / 5qt jug.

 

[MasterSolenoid]

I have a Ford Escape with a 1.5L turbo engine.
I decided to use Mobil 1 synthetic oil and Fram Ultra filters.
I drive about 4,000 miles per year .... mostly short trips.
I tested the oil when I had 3,600 miles on it and fuel dilution was 2.4% .... OLM at 16%

Because the engine is 3 cylinders with a turbo,
I decided to change the oil at 3,500 miles or when OLM is at 15%. (whichever comes first).
They should be very close to each other.

That means I will be changing the oil every 10 months.
I want to stake the deck in my favor .... the odometer only has 5 digits / 99,999 miles

 

[FZ1]

NAPA Synthetic Blend 5W-20 ran for 5045 miles in my wife's 2022 Ford Bronco Sport 1.5L 3cy. Fuel dilution is at 2% and not surprising since it is about 90% short tripping during that time.

In went Amazon Basics Synthetic Blend HM 5W-30. Might go down to a 3K mile OCI for that, test again and go from there.

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Looks good. 4k oci. Vis is getting low.

 

[addyguy]

Even with the low viscosity, wear is very low for 5k. Good showing for this oil.

 

[Hootbro]

Even with the low viscosity, wear is very low for 5k. Good showing for this oil.

Yeah, it stayed in grade. I had a short run 1600 mile run with Mobil Full Synthetic 5W-30 on my Ford Ranger 2.3L ecoboost and it sheared out of grade rather quick with only like a 1.3% fuel dilution.

 

[wlk]

As you recognize, it needs 3k oci and a 5w30. I have read on here somewhere about Renewable Lubricants 5w30 holds up to dilution better than most. Maybe give it a shot if you can't find something else you "like".

 

[Brons2]

The engine looks like it's settled down after break-in and producing nice wear numbers. Fuel dilution is obvious, but you know that, and the engine doesn't seem to mind. Interested to see how the 5w30 blend does.

 

[OilStainedNapkin]

@Hootbro I think this is a great run for Napa syn blend. Many here seem to think turbocharged engines absolutely need a synthetic oil but this analysis shows that a decent syn blend is definitely up to the task. Thanks for sharing.

How long was the oil in service for?

 

[Hootbro]

How long was the oil in service for?

The report shows it. 6 months and 5K miles.