MC 5W-20, 5067 mi on oil, 05 Escape w/ 9212 mi

[Dr Cpk]

• 2005 Ford Escape 4WD Limited
• 3.0L V6
• MC 5W-20 Premium Synthetic Blend (6 qts)
• MC FL-820S filter
• Original OEM airfilter
• 6 qts (no makeup oil added)
• 5,067 mi (4 mos.)on oil / 9,212 on engine
• Approx. ambient temp range over the 4 mos.:

5°F – 65°F
• 60% city / 40% highway driving


Results

Fe 8

Cr 0

Pb 0

Cu 4

Sn 0

Al 4

Ni 0

Ag 0

Si 13

B 232

Na 0

Mg 13

Ca 1618

Ba 7

P 730

Zn 882

Mo 52

Ti 0

V 0

K 0

Fuel
Vis @ 100C° 8.12 cSt

Water 0

Antifreeze 0

TBN 3.95

ISO Code 24/15

[ January 24, 2006, 02:15 AM: Message edited by: Dr Cpk ]

 

[UncleS2]

From a vehicle with only 9200 miles on it I'd call that a great report. 7 ppm Iron on an almost new engine- wow! Some of us(like me)are gonna have ro re-think this 5w20 business, I've seen several excellent reports now. Hmmm...I have 5w30 Schaeffer 7000 in my ccar now, I wonder if the 5w20 would be too too thin for my 97 Neon with 187K on it? Mebbe I'll try it next winter.

 

[Pablo]

Thin is in baby!!! Wow. Great.

 

[MADMIKE]

TBN still strong after 5K!

 

[FordSVTGuy]

Looks great! I have the same vehicle and hope that mine is wearing as well...

Gotta love that ConocoPhillps oil!!

 

[MC5W20]

Nice I hope mine is this good when I have it done. I use the same oil.

 

[mettech]

Another great MC 5W-20 report!

Can anyone show me an oil that does better for the money?

 

[speedtc]

I have a jug of this stuff waiting to replace syntec in my focus. I hope it's good.

 

[speedtc]

It's in the foci!

 

[Blue_Goose]

That didn't take long speedtc

Goose

 

[MC5W20]

Will UOA be coming for the syntec you drained speedtc?

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Who did this analysis?

With all that zinc & phos, this looks like older SL oil.

 

[speedtc]

MC5W20....yes it will. It had 5700 miles on it. I would like to use syntec for the life of the vehicle but i had MC 5w20 synblend just sitting in the basement. I was on the highway once during the syntec OCI and do alot of stop and go so i drained it. I actually was debating using the motorcraft oil because i have always used synthetic oil in my vehicles. The UOA on MC 5w20 are some of the best i've seen here so my worries are not proven.

 

[Dr Cpk]

Triple_Se7en -

Sorry for the late response, I've been outside the US, for the past 10 days.
I believe 2 of the 6 qts. were indeed SL/SM labeled vintage, and 4 of the later SM.
The analysis was performed in our Engineering Lab, where I'm employed.

 

[mettech_2001]

With your TBN near 4.0, are you going to add a few thousand miles before the next OCI?

Excellent report...again...

 

[TomJones76]

Dr. Cpk,

Thanks for sharing this. Butt-kicking results for a vehicle with such low miles, both in wear metals and TBN.
I'm entering your data into my big "list of all Duratec 3 Liter UOA out there" spreadsheet.
What would you like me to put down for lab? I understand you may be unable to disclose your employer, in which case I'll just put down "NR" for not reported in the Lab field on my spreadsheet.
PS - This is a completely trivial data point, but based on my data you're the Boron king out of all the 3L Duratec UOAs out there. Second highest numbers came from a batch of Motorcraft SM run for 6860 miles in an '03 Sable. Ford must like Boron.