2002 LS1 Camaro Z28 bone stock.
Green GC batch M04....
35,000 total miles
5,000 miles on oil
Lube control and Fuel Power used at reccomened dosages.
K&N oil filter and Napa Gold Air filter used.
1st # this report/GC 5k miles/GC 3k miles/M1 10w30 3k miles/M1 10w30 3k miles/Halvoline dino 5w30 3k miles
Aluminum 3/3/2/2/3/2
Chromium 1/1/1/1/1/1
Iron 19/20/10/12/31/9
Copper 25/42/44/56/63/52
Lead 7/10/5/5/64
Tin 0/2/1/3/6/3
Moly 5/11/10/60/74/65
Nickel 1/1/0/1/1/0
Manganese 1/1/1/1/1/1
Potassium 1/3/3/3/2/2
Boron 3/10/17/140/152/119
Silcon 8/10/10/12/23/37
Sodium 2/3/3/6/6/2
Calcium 2176/2819/2783/2226/2485/2174
Magnesium 108/128/102/14/17/27
Phosphorus 652/804/751/678/710/782
Zinc 834/992/821/753/858/920
SUS Viscosity 61.4
Flashpoint 375
Fuel 0.5
Antifreeze 0
Water 0
Insolubles 0.2
TBN 3.2
I'm not happy with this report! My wife drives this mostly and it is not driven hard. Iron at 19ppm using GC and lube control is not exceptable! The only good thing I see is copper droped a bunch. Lead I feel is also to high and the flashpoint is pretty low! The TBN at 3.2 is also low for only 5,000 miles. It would have never made it to 10,000 miles.
The engine was rebuilt under warranty at 12,000 miles dut to oil burning and piston slap(dieseling). It still diesels but burns very little oil now(less then 8oz in 5,000 miles.
I'm at the point now that I'm starting to doubt that GC is a good choice for the engine!!!! I use Castrol GTX in my Tahoe 350 V8 and the wear is MUCH lower(Iron at 4ppm in 3k).
What can I do to get wear low? Thanks!!!
[ December 21, 2005, 04:12 AM: Message edited by: Chris B. ]
Green GC batch M04....
35,000 total miles
5,000 miles on oil
Lube control and Fuel Power used at reccomened dosages.
K&N oil filter and Napa Gold Air filter used.
1st # this report/GC 5k miles/GC 3k miles/M1 10w30 3k miles/M1 10w30 3k miles/Halvoline dino 5w30 3k miles
Aluminum 3/3/2/2/3/2
Chromium 1/1/1/1/1/1
Iron 19/20/10/12/31/9
Copper 25/42/44/56/63/52
Lead 7/10/5/5/64
Tin 0/2/1/3/6/3
Moly 5/11/10/60/74/65
Nickel 1/1/0/1/1/0
Manganese 1/1/1/1/1/1
Potassium 1/3/3/3/2/2
Boron 3/10/17/140/152/119
Silcon 8/10/10/12/23/37
Sodium 2/3/3/6/6/2
Calcium 2176/2819/2783/2226/2485/2174
Magnesium 108/128/102/14/17/27
Phosphorus 652/804/751/678/710/782
Zinc 834/992/821/753/858/920
SUS Viscosity 61.4
Flashpoint 375
Fuel 0.5
Antifreeze 0
Water 0
Insolubles 0.2
TBN 3.2
I'm not happy with this report! My wife drives this mostly and it is not driven hard. Iron at 19ppm using GC and lube control is not exceptable! The only good thing I see is copper droped a bunch. Lead I feel is also to high and the flashpoint is pretty low! The TBN at 3.2 is also low for only 5,000 miles. It would have never made it to 10,000 miles.
The engine was rebuilt under warranty at 12,000 miles dut to oil burning and piston slap(dieseling). It still diesels but burns very little oil now(less then 8oz in 5,000 miles.
I'm at the point now that I'm starting to doubt that GC is a good choice for the engine!!!! I use Castrol GTX in my Tahoe 350 V8 and the wear is MUCH lower(Iron at 4ppm in 3k).
What can I do to get wear low? Thanks!!!
[ December 21, 2005, 04:12 AM: Message edited by: Chris B. ]