HPL 5w-30 CJ-4 HDEO run in Dodge Charger 3.6L for 11,000 miles and 27.5 months - what is the TBN?

[wwillson]

I have run HPL CJ-4 HDEO 5w-30 in the Charger 3.6L for 11,000 miles and 27.5 months. I'm going to send in a sample to see if the oil is still serviceable. If it is serviceable, I will run it. The filter was changed at 5,000 miles and 10,000 miles.

2016 Dodge Charger second 5,000 mile interval oil filter change - HPL HDEO 5w-30 cleaning

Today I changed the oil filter in the 2016 Charger 3.6L after running 5,000 miles with High Performance Lubricants HDEO 5w-30. There is 65,000 miles total on the Charger, 10,000 miles on the oil, and 5,000 (second change) on the oil filter. The HPL oil is still cleaning some deposits off the...

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The oil starts with a TBN > 14, what do you think the TBN is now?

 

[ford250]

5.5

 

[JHZR2]

Age isn’t going to affect it, and gas has pretty low sulfur anymore.

Typically I’d remove oil around 24mo even if synthetic.

 

[jake wells]

5-6

 

[fantastic]

My vote is in but we'll see.

 

[doublebase]

I’m guessing around 5.5

That‘s a port injected 3.6 if I’m not mistaken.

 

[bbhero]

I think it will be 8.6.

 

[wwillson]

That‘s a port injected 3.6 if I’m not mistaken.

Naturally aspirated and port injected.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

What is the typical usage pattern?

 

[wwillson]

What is the typical usage pattern?

Grocery getter and lots of sitting in the garage, since we both work from home. The Durango does all of the road trips.

 

[RDY4WAR]

7.856

 

[buster]

8-10.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

I'll go with 3.7mg KOH/g

 

[Impatient]

7.856

Precisely.

 

[wwillson]

The TBN is 6.27 after 27.5 months, 11,000 miles, getting groceries, and always running E10 ethanol blend. I will post the entire UOA later when I get time.

 

[wwillson]

The UOA data is posted here:

2016 Dodge Charger 3.6L 66,000 total miles 11,000 miles on HPL 5w-30 HDEO CJ-4

This sample was pulled from my 2016 Dodge Charger 3.6L with 66,000 total miles and 11,000 miles on the oil and 27.5 months in the sump and the consumption was zero. The oil filter was changed at 5,000 and 10,000 miles total, as the oil is cleaning carbon from the internals as we saw in my...

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