GC 0w30, 10,000 KM, 2003 Civic

[Quick_lude]

My fiancees 2003 Civic. Previously used the Honda 0w20 every 8,000Km. Honda oil filter. Car is used for longer trips to work and school but also a bit of city traffic driving. This is a winter interval, car is always parked outside with overnight temps hitting -25 Deg C. Now using the XD-3 0w30 for a comparison. Silicon is a little high, will need to check the intake plumbing.
Oil capacity seems to be about 3.5L, this interval was done in about 3 months, she drives a lot.

code:

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Component Age 60000km

Time on Fluid 10000km

Time on Filter 10000km

Fluid Maint Changed

Filter Maint Changed

Iron (Fe) 7.7

Lead (Pb) 3.5

Silicon (Si) 11

Chromium (Cr) 0.7

Nickel (Ni) 0.1

Titanium (Ti) 0.1

Silver (Ag) 0.4

Aluminum (Al) 2.8

Copper (Cu) 1.8

Tin (Sn) 0.1

Sodium (Na) 1.3

Potassium (K) 0.1

Boron (B) 2.6

Barium (Ba) 0.1

Molybdenum (Mo) 10

Magnesium (Mg) 115

Calcium (Ca) 2787

Phosphorus (P) 826

Zinc (Zn) 961

Sulfur (S) 2685

Manganese (Mn) 4.1

Vanadium (V) 0.1

Oxid(PA) 59

Nitr(PA) 54

Sulf(PA) 50

TBN 4.04

Kv@100°C 11.3

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[ February 21, 2005, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Quick_lude ]

 

[Al]

Doesn't get any better than that.

 

[BlazerLT]

GADAYUM!

Si is probably from an air filter needing changing and the hose clamps tightened on the intake assembly.

Love to see the results compared to 0w30 XD3. With the Si taken care of, the lead and iron should take a drop.

 

[oilyriser]

Yep, it looks like they've stopped using MMT in the gas around here. Manganese numbers are very low.

 

[TooSlick]

The low levels of Fe/Cr/Al would indicate you DON'T have an air filter issue. Some of this silicone is probably gasket leaching and some is anti-foam additive from the add pack in the oil.

I wouldn't waste too much time troubleshooting this engine; it looks fine to me. Lead wear is a bit high, but probably related to the very cold weather and startup wear. I'd expect that to go down when it warms up....

TS

 

[olympic]

11ppm Si in 10k is nothing to worry about. But checking for leaks isn't going to hurt anything. Chock up another great GC UOA! I also look forward to your XD3 report. I'll be posting another one here this week.

 

[Patman]

quote:

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Originally posted by oilyriser:
Yep, it looks like they've stopped using MMT in the gas around here. Manganese numbers are very low.

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Maybe she uses mostly Sunoco gas though, which contains no MMT in it.

 

[Quick_lude]

Nah, we use whatever gas is available at time of need.

She lugs the engine

sometimes too so that might attribute to the lead perhaps?