Another Castrol 0w-30

[YZF150]

Compare these results to G-Man's

His oil was lot M023386B TAG785.

This oil was lot M030426B T/W0504821

Except for the iron, these numbers compare very, very closely.

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ALUMINUM 1

CHROMIUM 0

IRON 4

COPPER 0

LEAD 1

TIN 0

MOLYBDENUM 0

NICKEL 0

MANGANESE 0

SILVER 0

TITANIUM 0

POTASSIUM 0

BORON 1

SILICON 6

SODIUM 1

CALCIUM 3649

MAGNESIUM 127

PHOSPHORUS 901

ZINC 1033

BARIUM 0



SUS@212 66.2

Flashpoint 460

Fuel -

Antifreeze 0

Water 0

Insolubles TR

TBN 10.2

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[pscholte]

YZF150,

Which lab? Specifically new or old TBN rating method? Spectacular flash point!

TNX

[ August 08, 2003, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: pscholte ]

 

[buster]

A good dose of Calcium too. Nice oil. I hope it's here to stay!

 

[YZF150]

Yeah, no kidding on the flashpoint. Stuff is ****near inert.

This was Blackstone. It would be their new method, as I did not specify Dexil kit method.

Edit: By the way, SUS conversion is 11.9 CSt. Compare to M1 = 10.0.

[ August 08, 2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: YZF150 ]

 

[pscholte]

My expectations are high, and I know this is true of some other members as well...now if we can just get some UOAs in to see if reality matches expectation.

 

[Patman]

I should do a VOA on one of my bottles, I'm curious if we've got high iron on our stuff here. Problem is I've got so many different batches out of the 20 bottles I have.

I love that viscosity and TBN! I'm very anxious to put this oil in my Firebird now, I think the LT1 will prefer this thicker oil for sure.

 

[Propflux01]

Where is everyone getting this oil from??? I never see it anywhere!!

 

[quadrun1]

AutoZone in the U.S., Walmart in Canada

 

[UncleS2]

Here are the #'s copied from my VOA of the synthetic Lubro-Moly 0w40 SJ: notice the similarities in Phos, Zinc, Magn, & Calcium.
Copper 1
Iron 3
Chromium 0
Aluminum 2
Lead 1
Moly 1
Phosphorus 1638
Zinc 1532
Magnesium 860
Calcium 3100
A-freeze .0%
Fuel dilution none
H2O .0%
Silicon 5(my guess is antifoam)
Viscosity cst 13.09
SAE 40
Sulfur, oxidation, & Nitration; all 0

Boron, TBN, Sodium: not tested

 

[G-MAN]

quote:

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Originally posted by Stuart Hughes:
Here are the #'s copied from my VOA of the synthetic Lubro-Moly 0w40 SJ: notice the similarities in Phos, Zinc, Magn, & Calcium.
Copper 1
Iron 3
Chromium 0
Aluminum 2
Lead 1
Moly 1
Phosphorus 1638
Zinc 1532
Magnesium 860
Calcium 3100
A-freeze .0%
Fuel dilution none
H2O .0%
Silicon 5(my guess is antifoam)
Viscosity cst 13.09
SAE 40
Sulfur, oxidation, & Nitration; all 0

Boron, TBN, Sodium: not tested

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Uh...let's see...similarities in Phos, Zinc, Mag, and Calcium?

Castrol has 901 ppm of Phos; Lubro-Moly has 1638.
Castrol has 1033 ppm of Zinc; Lubro-Moly has 1532.
Castrol has 127 ppm of Mag; Lubro-Moly has 860.
Castrol has 3649 ppm of Calcium; Lubro-Moly has 3100.

The only "similarity" between these additives in these two oils is that they both HAVE these additives.

[ August 10, 2003, 01:31 AM: Message edited by: G-Man II ]

 

[Rick]

Actualy I saw this oil now at the Crappy tire in ottawa.

 

[Hirev]

I was just at a Auto Zone they had a 0w - 30 Castrol in there. Made in the USA. Are there 2, 0w - 30 Castrol oils out there????

[ August 16, 2003, 07:56 PM: Message edited by: Hirev ]

 

[Patman]

quote:

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Originally posted by Hirev:
I was just at a Auto Zone they had a 0w - 30 Castrol in there. Made in the USA. Are there 2, 0w - 30 Castrol oils out there????

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Yes, the stuff you saw was the SJ formulation, made in the USA, and not anywhere near the same as the SL formulation made in Germany.