Esso XD-3 0W40, 930 miles, 2004 Kawasaki ZZR250

[craigq]

Sorry for another short OCI

. The bike is now put away for the winter.

Has anyone been able to format a UOA nicely with the new board software???

Average US MPG: 64.74


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Sample Date 14-OCT-2006 26-AUG-2006 17-June-2006 22-OCT-2005

Analysis Date 18-OCT-2006 29-AUG-2006 20-June-2006 27-OCT-2005

Lab WEARCHECK WEARCHECK WEARCHECK WEARCHECK



Make Kawasaki

Model ZZR250

Year 2004

Engine 248cc L2

Miles 11792 10862 9625 8329



Oil Brand Esso Mobil Mobil Mobil

Oil Series XD-3 Extra M1 V-Twin M1 MX4T M1

Oil SAE J300 0W40 20W50 10W40 15W50

API SX SH/SJ/SL SG/SH/MA SG/SH/MA SL

Miles on Oil 930 1237 1295 875

Months 1.6 2.3 7.8 1.4



Antimony Sb NR NR NR NR

Cadmium Cd NR NR NR NR

Vanadium V 0 0.1 0.1 0.2

Aluminum Al 3.4 7.8 8.8 6

Chromium Cr 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5

Iron Fe 5.8 7.9 10 7.7

Copper Cu 1.9 1.9 3.4 4.7

Lead Pb 0 0.7 1.1 0

Tin Sn 0 0 0.5 0.6

Moly Mo 9.3 70 71 83

Nickel Ni 0 0 0 0

Mang Mn 0.3 0.9 4.9 0.4

Silver Ag 0 0 0 0

Titanium Ti 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Potassium K 0.1 0 0 0

Boron B 24 202 182 211

Silicon Si 4.3 4.7 5.8 5.3

Sodium Na 2.9 1.7 1.6 19

Calcium Ca 3132 2063 2173 3166

Magnesium Mg 6.2 12 14 20

Phosporus P 1156 1366 1436 1190

Zinc Zn 1187 1385 1484 1334

Barium Ba 1.8 0 0.1 0.3

Sulfur 3865 2801 2590 2405



cST @ 100 C 12.1 17.0 12.5 14.6

SUS @ 210 F NR NR NR NR



Flashpoint (F) NR NR NR NR

Fuel %
Antifreeze % NR NR NR NR

Water %
Insolubles % NR NR NR NR

Sulfation 39 51 56 61

Oxidation 44 48 63 71

Nitration 13 20 28 34

TBN NR NR NR NR

TAN NR NR 3.26 3.55

Ferrous Debris NR NR NR NR

Fuel Soot % NR NR NR NR

Glycol
ISO Code NR NR NR NR

Additives NONE NONE NONE NONE



URL NR NR topic=79 topic=57



Notes Sample at next interval

Location Ottawa, ON, CAN



Air Filter Kawasaki OEM Kawasaki OEM Kawasaki OEM Kawasaki OEM

Oil Filter FRAM CH6012 FRAM CH6012 FRAM CH6012 FRAM CH6012

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[Jim 5]

Hmmm..I've often wondered about this oil in a motorcycle. Thanks for posting this!

Sheared to a thick 30wt rather quickly....but then so did the m1 10w-40. Looks like I wouldn't use this in my bike that asks for a Triumph-specific M1 15w-50....since the M1 15w-50 (which is likely the same as the triumph stuff) does retain a higher viscosity.

 

[craigq]

Yup, the 0W40 did shear pretty quick. Here's some more useless numbers

Can the following table be considered a valid comparison for viscosity retention???

Unfortunately not the same mileage on each UOA... FWIW in the MCN Oil article from 1994 the Mobil 1 15W50 (likely a different chemistry) retained 86.6% after 800 miles and 83.0% after 1500 miles

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Oil Nominal UOA Value Retention Miles

cSt@100 cSt@100

Esso XD-3 0W40 15.7 12.1 77.1% 930

M1 V-Twin 20W50 17.8 17.0 95.5% 1237

M1 MX4T 10W40 13.8 12.5 90.6% 1295

M1 15W50 17.4 14.6 83.9% 875

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[JAG]

I like the chart. It's very informative.

 

[CB900F2]

Craigq.. if I am reading your posting right, is the Esso XD-3 JASO MA rated???

Thanks

 

[craigq]

CB900F2: I don't think you're reading the post correctly. It's difficult to setup a table correctly with this new UBB software. Here's a link to a simple text file that is formatted correctly: Summary of UOA's

Here are the specs from the bottles for:

Esso XD-3 Extra 0W40 SH/SJ/SL
Mobil 1 MX4T 10W40 SG/SH/MA
Mobil 1 VTwin 20W50 SG/SH/MA
Mobil 1 15W50 SH/SJ/SL

The fact that an oil is not JASO MA specd does not stop me from using it