LE 607, SAE 90 GL5, 2004 Honda S2000 w/26K miles

[INDYMAC]

Here are two UOA's of LE 607. The 11K sample was taken at 26K miles, while the 8K sample was taken at 15K miles.

Some comments from Blackstone:
JACK: Thanks for sending along the specs for this LE oil. We had the "should be" flash in our files as a
little higher than 410, so we straightened that out. Wear continues to look great in this sample from your
Honda's differential. Wear dropped, and it should continue dropping over the next few oil changes. The
universal averages column shows typical wear from a Honda differential after about 60,000 miles on the
oil. You're being conservative with your oil changes, so you could run the next oil longer, if you wanted.

Analysis:


Element/11K Sample/8K Sample/Universal Averages
Aluminum/2/1/2
Chromium/1/2/3
Iron/172/188/243
Copper/0/1/3
Lead/0/0/2
Tin/0/0/0
Molybdenum/0/0/2
Nickel/17/20/28
Manganese/4/0/10
Silver/0/0/0
Titanium/0/0/0
Potassium/1/6/1
Boron/12/32/155
Silicon/41/36/29
Sodium/2/1/4
Calcium/6/14/77
Magnesium/13/8/13
Phosphorus/1591/1481/1430
Zinc/14/11/52
Barium/0/2/8

SUS viscosity@210F/93.4 11K/89.4 8K/Should be 85-105
Flashpoint/425F on both/Should be >410
Insolubles/0.3 11K/0.5 8K/Should be <0.6 "

 

[HRD]

Indymac,

Thanks for sharing your reports. After some lengthy discussion with Molekule, I am currently using SF's HDS-5 (75w90) in my 2002. It will be interesting to compare the SF's results with LE's. Though I won't be ready for a sample until April or so.


Best regards,

 

[Jim Allen]

Interesting! I am running LE607 in the rear of my Ford F-250HD 4x4 (10.25" Sterling w/Trutrac gear type LS), which is used as a farm truck. I don't plan on changing it anytime soon. Could be years from now, but maybe I ought to get it tested when I do. Thanks.

 

[ebaker]

What's LE607 ?

 

[tdi-rick]

Lubrication Engineers.