Hi everyone.
First, sorry if i do some mistakes, i'm french and i haven't written in english for a long time.
On my BMW 330d (183ch) i've done an oil analysis.
The motor has 135.000kms and the oil 20.000kms and i haven't put more during the 20.000kms. In the motor there are 6.75L inside.
The oil used is Mobil 1 0w40 and i used (but i won't in the future) an additive made with MoS2 and graphite.
I will try to translate all the analysis :
Viscosity at 40 degrees celcius : 72,4 mm²/s
Water : 0%
Combustion parameters :
contamination indication : 0,57%
Spectrometric analysis :
Datas are in ppm
Phosphorous : 871
Zinc : 1096
Calcium : 2621
Magnesium : 35
Nickel : 2
Aluminium : 7
Iron : 30
Chromium : 1
molybdenum : 117
Copper (Cu): 4
Lead (Pb) : 4
Tin (Sn) : 9
Silicon (Si) : 7
Sodium : 6
Boron : 142
Potassium : 1
Barium : 0
Antimony : 1
Vanadium : 0
Soufre : 2278
silver : 0
Manganese : 0
Titanium : 0
Analyses Infra-Red :
Oxydation indication: 0
Nitration indication : 0
Sulfatation indication: 10 (I don't understand what it is)
Pollution
estimated Dilution : 4%
Wear :
Quantifieur of particles : 12
What do you think about the results?
Are 20.000kms too much? Normally I should do it every 22.000kms (depends on an indicator).
Should I use another oil? I have read on this forum that the M1 0w40 becomes rapidly thinner. Is it true?
Should I use instead M1 5w30 or Castrol 5w30 or 0w30.
I live in the south west of France where the weather is not cold in winter (I see negatives temperature only few days in the year) and in the summer the temperature can grow until 35 degrees celsius or a little more.
Another question : I used to buy every filters at BMW but I have tried Mann filter. Is there a difference in quality or there is no risk using Mann filters? I heard only good things about Mann.
Thanks for the response. It will really help me!
In France only few people take care about these things, so I feel alone to speak around this subject.
First, sorry if i do some mistakes, i'm french and i haven't written in english for a long time.
On my BMW 330d (183ch) i've done an oil analysis.
The motor has 135.000kms and the oil 20.000kms and i haven't put more during the 20.000kms. In the motor there are 6.75L inside.
The oil used is Mobil 1 0w40 and i used (but i won't in the future) an additive made with MoS2 and graphite.
I will try to translate all the analysis :
Viscosity at 40 degrees celcius : 72,4 mm²/s
Water : 0%
Combustion parameters :
contamination indication : 0,57%
Spectrometric analysis :
Datas are in ppm
Phosphorous : 871
Zinc : 1096
Calcium : 2621
Magnesium : 35
Nickel : 2
Aluminium : 7
Iron : 30
Chromium : 1
molybdenum : 117
Copper (Cu): 4
Lead (Pb) : 4
Tin (Sn) : 9
Silicon (Si) : 7
Sodium : 6
Boron : 142
Potassium : 1
Barium : 0
Antimony : 1
Vanadium : 0
Soufre : 2278
silver : 0
Manganese : 0
Titanium : 0
Analyses Infra-Red :
Oxydation indication: 0
Nitration indication : 0
Sulfatation indication: 10 (I don't understand what it is)
Pollution
estimated Dilution : 4%
Wear :
Quantifieur of particles : 12
What do you think about the results?
Are 20.000kms too much? Normally I should do it every 22.000kms (depends on an indicator).
Should I use another oil? I have read on this forum that the M1 0w40 becomes rapidly thinner. Is it true?
Should I use instead M1 5w30 or Castrol 5w30 or 0w30.
I live in the south west of France where the weather is not cold in winter (I see negatives temperature only few days in the year) and in the summer the temperature can grow until 35 degrees celsius or a little more.
Another question : I used to buy every filters at BMW but I have tried Mann filter. Is there a difference in quality or there is no risk using Mann filters? I heard only good things about Mann.
Thanks for the response. It will really help me!
In France only few people take care about these things, so I feel alone to speak around this subject.
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