API SJ Pennzoil Performax 5W30

[MolaKule]

Continuing the Old Oil Analysis, here is the analysis of the Pennzoil Performax Full Synthetic.

API service SJ, circa 1997 or therabout I received this from my Dad last September. They were sealed until very recently. Swiped directly from the ALS Analysis sheet:

Metals (ppm)
Iron (Fe) Chromium (Cr) Lead (Pb) Copper (Cu) Tin (Sn) Aluminium (Al) 2
Nickel (Ni) Silver (Ag) Titanium (Ti) Vanadium (V) Contaminants (ppm)
Silicon (Si) 3
Sodium (Na) Potassium (K) Additives (ppm)
Magnesium (Mg) 9
Calcium (Ca) 1908
Barium (Ba) Phosphorus (P) 929
Zinc (Zn) 1037
Molybdenum (Mo) 156
Boron (B) 234
Contaminants
Water (%) Physical Tests
Viscosity (cSt 100C) 10.9
Viscosity (cSt 40C) 63.2
Solids (%) <0.1

 

[webfors]

Nice looking oil, I like the Zn and dose of moly. I'd run it in my soob

 

[Hokiefyd]

Except for the P and Zn, not largely unlike a VOA of today's PYB.