I posted this on another Ford forum, I'd like to share it and maybe get some advice from the oil gods that reside here!
Here's a UOA that I did on my F150 with MC 5w20, Purolator air filter and a MC 820S oil filter. The motor also had a Diablo Predator tuner. Mix of miles was 25% in town, the rest all highway, 4010 total miles. I cut the miles short because of a upcoming trip.
Thoughts and comments?
Black stone Labs
EQUIPMENT MAKE: Ford
EQUIPMENT MODEL: 5.4L V-8
FUEL TYPE: Gasoline (Unleaded)
OIL USE INTERVAL: 4,010 Miles
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Motorcraft 5W/20 (Gas)
MAKE-UP OIL ADDED: 0.5 qt
CLINT: This is the best wearing Ford engine we've seen all day. Universal averages show typical wear metals for an oil from this type of engine after about 5200 miles run on the oil. Your oil was in use 4010 miles, and we found wear reading well below average levels and in the correct balance to show normal mechanical parts inside. Air and oil filtration look great. The TBN read 2.1, so the oil was getting low on active additive, but there was still come left. We consider a reading of 1.0 or lower to be too low. No gas, moisture or anti-freeze found. Try 5K next!
Mi on oil 4010
Mi on motor 24033
...................ACT.........Universal Averages
ALUMINUM ......2...............3
CHROMIUM.......0.................1
IRON...............7................15
COPPER...........1................5
LEAD................0...............2
TIN.................0................0
MOLYBDENUM...36..............53
NICKEL.............0................1
MANGANESE......0................1
SILVER.............0................0
TITANIUM.........0................0
POTASSIUM......0.................1
BORON.............207.............47
SILICON............8................14
SODIUM............1.................5
CALCIUM...........1859............2294
MAGNESIUM.........17.............188
PHOSPHORUS.......618............748
ZINC...................726............905
BARIUM...............1................1
..............................Sus @ 210F....Flash....Fuel....Antifreeze..Water.....INS
Values should be............48-58........>370... Values were...................49.9...........380....
I don't know much about decipering UOA's this is my first, but this appears very good. I do have some concerns about the flash point and the level of moly seems to be a bit lower than normal. Based on my readings I was expecting a SI of at least 15 due to the triton motors having a higher than normal SI due to seals and such, so the 8 also surprises me.
Here's a UOA that I did on my F150 with MC 5w20, Purolator air filter and a MC 820S oil filter. The motor also had a Diablo Predator tuner. Mix of miles was 25% in town, the rest all highway, 4010 total miles. I cut the miles short because of a upcoming trip.
Thoughts and comments?
Black stone Labs
EQUIPMENT MAKE: Ford
EQUIPMENT MODEL: 5.4L V-8
FUEL TYPE: Gasoline (Unleaded)
OIL USE INTERVAL: 4,010 Miles
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Motorcraft 5W/20 (Gas)
MAKE-UP OIL ADDED: 0.5 qt
CLINT: This is the best wearing Ford engine we've seen all day. Universal averages show typical wear metals for an oil from this type of engine after about 5200 miles run on the oil. Your oil was in use 4010 miles, and we found wear reading well below average levels and in the correct balance to show normal mechanical parts inside. Air and oil filtration look great. The TBN read 2.1, so the oil was getting low on active additive, but there was still come left. We consider a reading of 1.0 or lower to be too low. No gas, moisture or anti-freeze found. Try 5K next!
Mi on oil 4010
Mi on motor 24033
...................ACT.........Universal Averages
ALUMINUM ......2...............3
CHROMIUM.......0.................1
IRON...............7................15
COPPER...........1................5
LEAD................0...............2
TIN.................0................0
MOLYBDENUM...36..............53
NICKEL.............0................1
MANGANESE......0................1
SILVER.............0................0
TITANIUM.........0................0
POTASSIUM......0.................1
BORON.............207.............47
SILICON............8................14
SODIUM............1.................5
CALCIUM...........1859............2294
MAGNESIUM.........17.............188
PHOSPHORUS.......618............748
ZINC...................726............905
BARIUM...............1................1
..............................Sus @ 210F....Flash....Fuel....Antifreeze..Water.....INS
Values should be............48-58........>370... Values were...................49.9...........380....
I don't know much about decipering UOA's this is my first, but this appears very good. I do have some concerns about the flash point and the level of moly seems to be a bit lower than normal. Based on my readings I was expecting a SI of at least 15 due to the triton motors having a higher than normal SI due to seals and such, so the 8 also surprises me.
