Metals are high based on what? Your feelings that you don’t like to see these numbers? Here’s another Ram, with a little over half the OP’s mileage below. I would have used Blackstone’s universal averages but unfortunately they rarely tell you the mileage they interpret as the average for that number. About the only thing that appears any worse at all is aluminum (~2ppm/1k mi vs 0.5ppm/1k in below sample), and if SuperCar is like some of the other HPLs, it may have some in virgin form as well, so you would have to subtract that from the UOA to get a true result for OP’s sample.Metals appear to be a bit high across the board. Some engines are just prone to shedding more metal but I'll take note of your driving style.
You plan to run the 30 for 12k as well?
Agree with this. Don’t forget to subtract about 10% for the TBN as Wear Check uses the D2896 for both VOA & UOA. D4739, that most other labs use, will read about 10% lower according to Wear Check.
I'm comparing it to other UOA's & the metals are higher across the board than I typically see in a UOA. Now, I already know that is not the best way to "compare" hence why I made the following comment "Some engines are just prone to shedding more metal". There are many UOA under OP's PPM/1k results & this engine must shed more metals than many other engine UOA's posted on BITOG. It has nothing to do with my "feelings" & more to do w/your misunderstanding or other motives.
I think a lot of the iron is coming off the rockers where they interact with the valves, as they are not roller rockers.
Good deal & if you test again it'll be interesting to see your results on the 30. We'll have some data here to compare to.
Will do!
I've had the exact same thing happen. Last one I posted on here was the new Super Tech 15w-40 Full Synthetic product at WM I did a Virgin oil test on & thought for sure it got lost in the mail. Called the lab, left VM, & got the results in my inbox the same day.. PHEW!!!Will do!
And one little tid bit I forgot about…. Shipped via USPS on June 1. The tracking info still shows it sitting at my local post office
“Some engines are more prone to shedding metal”… Was it the same engine family, or are you comparing a Honda Fit to a Ram when saying there’s too much metal? I looked at at least half a dozen Ram UOAs and they were all at or above the ~4.5ppm Fe/1k mark.
And lots of cast iron in the Mopar truck motor …
Because of your implication I was basing my comments on "Feelings". Leave that personal bias out. "Opinion" would have been better worded. That's giving one the benefit of the doubt that they've put some thought behind their post.“Some engines are more prone to shedding metal”… Was it the same engine family, or are you comparing a Honda Fit to a Ram when saying there’s too much metal? I looked at at least half a dozen Ram UOAs and they were all at or above the ~4.5ppm Fe/1k mark.
I provided a quick comparison of iron wear completely bereft of other bias or other factors. Gave you miles, iron ppm, copper ppm and Fe ppm/1k to compare to OP’s UOA since you apparently didn’t check any other Ram UOAs. There’s not one other explicit or implicit bias in my post. Not sure how you derive that to be a motive on my part, but “fantastic”. You win
I’m consistently below 4.5ppm/1000“Some engines are more prone to shedding metal”… Was it the same engine family, or are you comparing a Honda Fit to a Ram when saying there’s too much metal? I looked at at least half a dozen Ram UOAs and they were all at or above the ~4.5ppm Fe/1k mark.
I provided a quick comparison of iron wear completely bereft of other bias or other factors. Gave you miles, iron ppm, copper ppm and Fe ppm/1k to compare to OP’s UOA since you apparently didn’t check any other Ram UOAs. There’s not one other explicit or implicit bias in my post. Not sure how you derive that to be a motive on my part, but “fantastic”. You win
That would be my truck lol
