EQUIPMENT MAKE: Honda, 93 ACCORD
EQUIPMENT MODEL: 2.2L 4-cyl
FUEL TYPE: Gasoline (Unleaded)
OIL USE INTERVAL: 5,380 Miles
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Castrol Syntec Blend 5W/30 (gas)
MAKE-UP OIL ADDED: 0 qts
MI/HR ON UNIT 100,380
PAUL: No problems showed up in the initial sample from your Honda. All wear was around average for this type of engine, which is a very good indication of normal wearing parts. The universal averages show normal wear after 4600 miles on the oil. Silicon was mildly high at 17 ppm, and it may be coming from a leaky air filter or silicone-based sealers, if the engine has been opened for work. The TBN read at 0.9, which is on the low side. Your engine won't have any trouble going 5000 miles on a fill of oil, but this oil type might not hold up all that well. Check back to monitor. (BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTS)
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First number sample, second number in parenthesis average:
ALUMINUM 3 (3)
CHROMIUM 0 (1)
IRON 7 (9)
COPPER 4 (5)
LEAD 5 (5)
TIN 1 (0)
MOLYBDENUM 37 (34)
NICKEL 0 (0)
MANGANESE 0 (0)
SILVER 0 (0)
TITANIUM 0 (0)
POTASSIUM 0 (1)
BORON 6 (71)
SILICON 17 (10)
SODIUM 6 (7)
CALCIUM 2169 (2106)
MAGNESIUM 4 (601)
PHOSPHORUS 814 (799)
ZINC 973 (940)
BARIUM 0 (0)
SUS viscosity 61.6 (56-62)
Flashpoint 375 (>365)
Fuel% >0.5 (>1.0)
Antifreeze% 0 (0)
Water% 0 (>0.1)
Insolubles 0.2 (>0.6)
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* The engine was not taken apart, so the high silicon number may have come from a leaking air filter.
* On Blackstone's report they listed the oil as merely 5w-30 Castrol without further definition as a Syntec Blend (I inserted it above). I am not sure if this had any influence on their recomendation or not.
*I thought with a good report, a 5,000 mile interval change could be fine. Why do you suppose they recommend another oil? What do you folks think of using this oil for a 5,000 mile change interval?
EQUIPMENT MODEL: 2.2L 4-cyl
FUEL TYPE: Gasoline (Unleaded)
OIL USE INTERVAL: 5,380 Miles
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Castrol Syntec Blend 5W/30 (gas)
MAKE-UP OIL ADDED: 0 qts
MI/HR ON UNIT 100,380
PAUL: No problems showed up in the initial sample from your Honda. All wear was around average for this type of engine, which is a very good indication of normal wearing parts. The universal averages show normal wear after 4600 miles on the oil. Silicon was mildly high at 17 ppm, and it may be coming from a leaky air filter or silicone-based sealers, if the engine has been opened for work. The TBN read at 0.9, which is on the low side. Your engine won't have any trouble going 5000 miles on a fill of oil, but this oil type might not hold up all that well. Check back to monitor. (BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTS)
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First number sample, second number in parenthesis average:
ALUMINUM 3 (3)
CHROMIUM 0 (1)
IRON 7 (9)
COPPER 4 (5)
LEAD 5 (5)
TIN 1 (0)
MOLYBDENUM 37 (34)
NICKEL 0 (0)
MANGANESE 0 (0)
SILVER 0 (0)
TITANIUM 0 (0)
POTASSIUM 0 (1)
BORON 6 (71)
SILICON 17 (10)
SODIUM 6 (7)
CALCIUM 2169 (2106)
MAGNESIUM 4 (601)
PHOSPHORUS 814 (799)
ZINC 973 (940)
BARIUM 0 (0)
SUS viscosity 61.6 (56-62)
Flashpoint 375 (>365)
Fuel% >0.5 (>1.0)
Antifreeze% 0 (0)
Water% 0 (>0.1)
Insolubles 0.2 (>0.6)
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* The engine was not taken apart, so the high silicon number may have come from a leaking air filter.
* On Blackstone's report they listed the oil as merely 5w-30 Castrol without further definition as a Syntec Blend (I inserted it above). I am not sure if this had any influence on their recomendation or not.
*I thought with a good report, a 5,000 mile interval change could be fine. Why do you suppose they recommend another oil? What do you folks think of using this oil for a 5,000 mile change interval?