This report is in four parts:
Part One: The basics
2003 Ford Taurus
Date of sample: July 27th, 2005
Total miles on vehicle at time of sample - 31378
Miles since last oil and filter change- 6770
( 5,400 highway miles, 1,370 city miles)
E-core filter part number used ST 3600
Type of oil used: Mobil 1 synthetic 0-20W
Part Two: Oil Analysis
I have had four consecutive oil analysis done on my engine. If you do oil analysis it is best when you compare your current result versus your previous results to get an indication of what is going on within your engine.
WearCheck USA has done all of my analysis for this engine. So the testing methods are consistent. The sampling methods are inconsistent because I have used different locations to change my oil, which means different mechanics. So that can have some of an effect on the oil analysis results.
There are three categories for their test:
Wear, Contaminant, and Fluid. All three for this sample came back as “normal”. I will list them individually and show the previous sample result first, then the current reading last. The numbers are generally in PPM ( parts per million):
Contamination:
Silicon- 27--24
Potassium- 3.3.--0.0
Sodium- 6.1--6.8
Fuel (%)- less than 2.0-- less than 2.0
Glycol- none–none
Water- less than 0.1– less than 0.1
Soot–0–0
Sulfation–22–0
Nitration–16–95
Oil Condition:
Boron–124–137
Barium–0.0–0.0
Calcium–2562–3188
Magnesium–17–18
Molybdenum–72–84
Sodium–6.1–6.8
Phosphorus–780-977
Sulfur–1981–2335
Zinc–922–1072
Visc@100 C–9.75–10.28
Oxidation–39–0
TAN–( not tested) –5.67
Wear:
Iron–8.4–8.4
Nickle–1.3–0.9
Chromium–0.8–0.8
Titanium-- 0.2–0.2
Copper– 5.8–11
Aluminum–3.5–3.8
Tin–0.0–0.0
Lead–24–27
Silver–0.0–0.0
There are bar graphs on the back of the report for Iron, Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Silicon to chart the total testing. There is also a particle count chart which I can not duplicate. But at 10 microns the chart shows 14,000 ppm’s, at 20 microns the chart shows 700 ppm’s.
As for the TAN testing, I had that done two samples ago. That report after going 9,198 miles between oil changes came back at 3.60. Which is near oil breakdown. The current test is 5.67 which is well within the safety range of the oil.
( I'll add the other two shortly , if you're one of the first to read this....)
Part One: The basics
2003 Ford Taurus
Date of sample: July 27th, 2005
Total miles on vehicle at time of sample - 31378
Miles since last oil and filter change- 6770
( 5,400 highway miles, 1,370 city miles)
E-core filter part number used ST 3600
Type of oil used: Mobil 1 synthetic 0-20W
Part Two: Oil Analysis
I have had four consecutive oil analysis done on my engine. If you do oil analysis it is best when you compare your current result versus your previous results to get an indication of what is going on within your engine.
WearCheck USA has done all of my analysis for this engine. So the testing methods are consistent. The sampling methods are inconsistent because I have used different locations to change my oil, which means different mechanics. So that can have some of an effect on the oil analysis results.
There are three categories for their test:
Wear, Contaminant, and Fluid. All three for this sample came back as “normal”. I will list them individually and show the previous sample result first, then the current reading last. The numbers are generally in PPM ( parts per million):
Contamination:
Silicon- 27--24
Potassium- 3.3.--0.0
Sodium- 6.1--6.8
Fuel (%)- less than 2.0-- less than 2.0
Glycol- none–none
Water- less than 0.1– less than 0.1
Soot–0–0
Sulfation–22–0
Nitration–16–95
Oil Condition:
Boron–124–137
Barium–0.0–0.0
Calcium–2562–3188
Magnesium–17–18
Molybdenum–72–84
Sodium–6.1–6.8
Phosphorus–780-977
Sulfur–1981–2335
Zinc–922–1072
Visc@100 C–9.75–10.28
Oxidation–39–0
TAN–( not tested) –5.67
Wear:
Iron–8.4–8.4
Nickle–1.3–0.9
Chromium–0.8–0.8
Titanium-- 0.2–0.2
Copper– 5.8–11
Aluminum–3.5–3.8
Tin–0.0–0.0
Lead–24–27
Silver–0.0–0.0
There are bar graphs on the back of the report for Iron, Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Silicon to chart the total testing. There is also a particle count chart which I can not duplicate. But at 10 microns the chart shows 14,000 ppm’s, at 20 microns the chart shows 700 ppm’s.
As for the TAN testing, I had that done two samples ago. That report after going 9,198 miles between oil changes came back at 3.60. Which is near oil breakdown. The current test is 5.67 which is well within the safety range of the oil.
( I'll add the other two shortly , if you're one of the first to read this....)