05 Honda Civic DX, 4 speed automatic with 1.7L 4-cylinder SOHC engine
Date of oil change: 27 Sep 2006
Oil usage: 07 Feb 2006 – 27 Sep 2006, 33 weeks, 303 miles/week
Havoline 5w-20 SM/GF 4, 3.4 qts
Blackstone Labs
Oil: 10,000 miles
Makeup oil: 0
Car: 20,000 miles
Oil Filter: Honda/Filtech OEM 15400-PLM-A01
Air Filter: Honda/Filtech OEM 17220-PLC-000 (green element)
Additives: FP60 – 2oz per tank added at each fillup
Honda recommends 5w-20 oil at 10k miles or 1 year for normal driving, and 5k miles or 6 months for severe driving for my 1.7L 4-cylinder engine.
My commute is primarily highway, 72 mile round trip. Documented 44.13 MPG average this OCI (up from 41.41 MPG average for 0-10k OCI).
Engine oil @ 19522 miles (looked the same at 20k when I changed it):
Code:
Fact Univ
Brand: Fill Havoline Avg
Weight: 5w20 5w20
Grade: SM/GF-4
Unit Miles: 10k 20k
Oil Miles: 10k 10k
Oil Weeks: 28 33
Miles/week: 357.2 303.03
Day: Feb 7 Sep 27
Year: 2006 2006
Oil Filter: Honda Honda
Filtech Filtech
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Aluminum 7 4 2
Chromium 2 1 1
Iron 22 18 8
Copper 12 9 4
Lead 13 8 6
Tin 5 2 1
Molybdenum 347 343 117
Nickel 1 0 0
Manganese 2 1 1
Silver 0 0 0
Titanium 0 0 0
Potassium 0 0 1
Boron 124 27 46
Silicon 51 20 10
Sodium 9 6 11
Calcium 1750 1546 2206
Magnesium 11 28 114
Phosphorus 641 610 739
Zinc 759 793 905
Barium 7 1 0
vis sus@210 52.2 52.4 52-62
Flash point 365 370 >355
TBN 1.7 1.1
Fuel
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0 0.0
Water 0.0 0.0
Insolubles 0.4 0.3
Particle Count
ISO Code (2) 14/10 clean
NAS 1638 Class 0
ISO Code (3) 14/13/11
>= 2 micron 252
>= 5 micron 93
>= 10 micron 25
>= 15 micron 10
>= 25 micron 2
>= 50 micron 0
>= 100 micron 0
BLACKSTONE COMMENTS
Nice improvement in wear and silicon. This engine still has a little ways to go before we consider it normal, though we fully expect it will get there in another oil change or two. The longer oil runs have delayed the break-in process slightly, though we don’t think they are a problem. The viscosity was a little low, but it wasn’t due to any fuel dilution and isn’t anything to lose sleep over. The TBN was low at 1.1, showing little active additive left. The ISO Code read 14/10, which is a clean reading. Try 11,000 miles next oil. The TBN may be a limiting factor.
Date of oil change: 27 Sep 2006
Oil usage: 07 Feb 2006 – 27 Sep 2006, 33 weeks, 303 miles/week
Havoline 5w-20 SM/GF 4, 3.4 qts
Blackstone Labs
Oil: 10,000 miles
Makeup oil: 0
Car: 20,000 miles
Oil Filter: Honda/Filtech OEM 15400-PLM-A01
Air Filter: Honda/Filtech OEM 17220-PLC-000 (green element)
Additives: FP60 – 2oz per tank added at each fillup
Honda recommends 5w-20 oil at 10k miles or 1 year for normal driving, and 5k miles or 6 months for severe driving for my 1.7L 4-cylinder engine.
My commute is primarily highway, 72 mile round trip. Documented 44.13 MPG average this OCI (up from 41.41 MPG average for 0-10k OCI).
Engine oil @ 19522 miles (looked the same at 20k when I changed it):
Code:
Fact Univ
Brand: Fill Havoline Avg
Weight: 5w20 5w20
Grade: SM/GF-4
Unit Miles: 10k 20k
Oil Miles: 10k 10k
Oil Weeks: 28 33
Miles/week: 357.2 303.03
Day: Feb 7 Sep 27
Year: 2006 2006
Oil Filter: Honda Honda
Filtech Filtech
-------------+-------- -+----------+-----
Aluminum 7 4 2
Chromium 2 1 1
Iron 22 18 8
Copper 12 9 4
Lead 13 8 6
Tin 5 2 1
Molybdenum 347 343 117
Nickel 1 0 0
Manganese 2 1 1
Silver 0 0 0
Titanium 0 0 0
Potassium 0 0 1
Boron 124 27 46
Silicon 51 20 10
Sodium 9 6 11
Calcium 1750 1546 2206
Magnesium 11 28 114
Phosphorus 641 610 739
Zinc 759 793 905
Barium 7 1 0
vis sus@210 52.2 52.4 52-62
Flash point 365 370 >355
TBN 1.7 1.1
Fuel
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0 0.0
Water 0.0 0.0
Insolubles 0.4 0.3
Particle Count
ISO Code (2) 14/10 clean
NAS 1638 Class 0
ISO Code (3) 14/13/11
>= 2 micron 252
>= 5 micron 93
>= 10 micron 25
>= 15 micron 10
>= 25 micron 2
>= 50 micron 0
>= 100 micron 0
BLACKSTONE COMMENTS
Nice improvement in wear and silicon. This engine still has a little ways to go before we consider it normal, though we fully expect it will get there in another oil change or two. The longer oil runs have delayed the break-in process slightly, though we don’t think they are a problem. The viscosity was a little low, but it wasn’t due to any fuel dilution and isn’t anything to lose sleep over. The TBN was low at 1.1, showing little active additive left. The ISO Code read 14/10, which is a clean reading. Try 11,000 miles next oil. The TBN may be a limiting factor.