Mobil1 New Life 0W-40, 21,000 mi; 2009 Clio D4F784

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Analysis by Blackstone Laboratories.
Vehicle: Renault Clio 1.2 74 kW (turbo) Euro 4 year 2009; engine: D4F 784.
Kilometres on the oil: 34,000 (21,000 mi) (estimated hours: 1150).
Kilometres on unit: 132,000 (82,000 mi).
Make up oil added: 1.9 litres (2 qt).
Number of months the oil was in service: 36.
Driving conditions: 90% city, 10% highway.
Estimated average length of trips: 8 km (5 mi).
Many short trips.
I used to change the oil every 20,000 km (12,500 mi).
At the previous service (98,000 km on unit) I replaced the air filter and the valve cover gasket.
Standard oil filter (brand: Tecnocar; 66,000 km (41,000 mi) on it) was replaced 2 services ago.
Blackstone Laboratories comments: Thanks for the note about the valve cover gasket. That work may be related to the high iron and copper readings, although they were high in 2015 too, when presumably no work had been done, so maybe not. You're running about oil about five times longer than average, so that's part of the reason for the extra metal. Fuel is present at 2.0%. Silicon is a little high, maybe sealers from the new valve cover gasket. It wouldn't hurt to check the air filter anyway, just in case. Insolubles look good and the TBN still has active additive left. Try 36,000 km next.

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MILES IN USE 21k 20k

MILES 82k 61k

SAMPLE TAKEN 7/10/2018 7/8/2015

UNIT/ UNIVERSAL

LOCATION AVERAGES

AVERAGES

ALUMINUM 12 11 9 8

CHROMIUM 2 2 1 2

IRON 73 67 61 30

COPPER 32 29 26 12

LEAD 0 0 0 6

TIN 1 2 3 1

MOLYBDENUM 86 88 90 25

NICKEL 3 2 1 1

MANGANESE 4 5 5 3

SILVER 0 0 0 0

TITANIUM 0 0 0 0

POTASSIUM 4 6 7 3

BORON 79 84 89 41

SILICON 17 16 15 9

SODIUM 4 4 3 44

CALCIUM 2975 3148 3321 1103

MAGNESIUM 16 17 18 375

PHOSPHORUS 933 909 884 709

ZINC 1271 1206 1141 811

BARIUM 0 0 0 3



VALUES

SHOULD BE

SUS VIS @ 210°F 66.2 81.1

cSt VIS @ 100°F 11.94 12.5-16.3 15.79

FLASHPOINT IN °F 345 >375 350

FUEL % 2.0
ANTIFREEZE % 0.0 0.0 0.0

WATER % 0.0 0.0 0.0

INSOLUBLES 0.5
TBN 3.1 >1.0 3.2

Here below some pictures of the cut open filter.

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Here below the link of my previous UOA:
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...0-20-000-mi-2009-clio-d4f784#Post4318181
 
praying for you folks in Italy. Unfortunately you are teaching the world the most about the virus,

stay safe!
 
17 kilos max.
Filter media is disgusting and even the paper towel is spotted black as forest night.
Aging vehicles with turbos need what senior citizens need...... better meds and TLC.

If I had to be reborn and switch Hemispheres next time, I'd want to live in Italy (pasta & vino) or Sweden (married to a real, pure blonde).
 
Filter was still working, yet it was getting caked heavily. Probably worth cutting the runs a little or look for a better filter.
 
Originally Posted by tundraotto
The filter looks like its not filtering much anymore.....


Yeah ... might be forced to filter (eat) it's own.
I wear progressive glasses and on an iPhone ... but did Blackstone say to run longer ?
 
Standard oil filter (brand: Tecnocar; 66,000 km (41,000 mi) on it) was replaced 2 services ago.

41k miles on a "standard" oil filter
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Blackstone said to go farther but I would be changing the filter every OCI
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Wow, my friend, you need to atleast change the oil filter mid-way through that interval.

Blackstone suggesting you go longer is wrong.
 
Originally Posted by aquariuscsm
That's a ton of wear metals and that filter looks like it's beyond worn out.


Got to look at the PPM per mile, because the mileage is so much longer than what folks normally run. They really aren't high, for the mileage. Only one that jumps out is copper IMHO, iron is fine.

OP: I'd change the filter every OCI, that kind of mileage on such a tiny filter, it was probably in bypass much of the time at this point.
 
"Blackstone Laboratories comments: Thanks for the note about the valve cover gasket. That work may be related to the high iron and copper readings, although they were high in 2015 too, when presumably no work had been done, so maybe not. You're running about oil about five times longer than average, so that's part of the reason for the extra metal. Fuel is present at 2.0%. Silicon is a little high, maybe sealers from the new valve cover gasket. It wouldn't hurt to check the air filter anyway, just in case. Insolubles look good and the TBN still has active additive left. Try 36,000 km next."




The Blackstone comments are a head scratcher. I would definitely go with a much smaller change interval.

This is a 1.2 liter diesel? Is 0w40 the recommended grade?
 
Looks good to me, engine seems to like that oil and wear metals are below normal on a per mile basis
 
The D4F 784 engine requires a 0W-40 grade oil if the environmental temperature is below -25°C (-13°F) and a 5W-40 grade oil if the environmental temperature is above -25°C (-13°F). Furthermore, the engine requires the Renault RN0710 specificaton. As Mobil1 New Life 0W-40 oil does not meet RN0710 specification, at last service I switched to Motul 8100 X-clean 5W-40 oil.
 
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