Pennzoil PZLTURBO 10w30 02' Nissan ser specv, 3106 miles

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Aluminum 2
Chromium 0
Iron 7
Copper 1
Lead 1
Tin 0
Molybdenum 31
Manganese,Titanium,Potassium 0 on all
Boron 60
Silicon 6
Sodium 195*
Calcium 1116
Magnesium 275
Phosphorus 627
Zinc 503
Barium 0
Flash point was 395. SUS viscosity at 210 was 59.0. No water or fuel dilution present. Insolubles were 0.2
Blackstone said they are starting to see sodium used as an additive, so it may or may not be a problem. They asked me to please send in a virgin sample and they will test it for free and compare. Everything else looks fine they say. Sodium* and why it might be high? I as a dummy used a blackstone bottle many moons ago for a UOA that I never sent in. I drained out the old oil and used some PB Blaster to clean the bottle out. The bottle had a nice yellow stain because of it. I took a look at a MSDS of PB Blaster and some kind of Glycol is used for 5% of the products content. I dont know if that caused a false reading in the high sodium content or not but my car doesnt use a drop of coolant. This oil is about a 95 or 96 vintage of a case of Pennzoil PZLTURBO API SH I bought years ago and I used for the heck of it. I drive my car hard, I floor it all the time and like to go on the country back roads and drive it hard as this car handles so good its just plain fun to drive. I did a UOA last year using Mobil1 0w40 and altough I ran it approx 4800 miles, this report has 10 parts less Silicon and all metals are lower. I used a Carquest Premium blue oil filter.
 
How long was the oil in use?
What air filter are you using?
What lab is that from?
Some oils use Silicon as an additive. If you look in the VOA section mobil 1 seems to have 3-4PPM of SI that could be part of why it was higher before.
Looks a lot better than my UOA other than the Sodium.
 
I used blackstone labs. The oil was in use for 3106 miles. I have a purolator air filter in the car. Im 99% sure the high sodium is from me doing what I described above. I drained out old oil from a blackstone bottle I didnt send in and used PB Blaster to clean it out. The bottle smelled yucky of that product and yellowed up the bottle badly. When I took the sample I filled the bottle half full, closed it and shook it to clean it up, then drained it and took the sample. My coolant leval is where it's always been. Hopefully the MSDS stating 5% gylcol of the PB Blaster did alter the sample? Im thinking now that I'll use a cheap, currant API 5w30 rated oil like Havoline in my car from now on at a 4k OCI. I will do a UOA to monitor for sodium for my next change.
 
I ment to say how many months was the oil in use?

The sodium is probably an additive in the oil. Mobil Clean5000 has 218ppm of sodium.
 
If this is 95-96 vintage PZL Turbo, then I question the whole analysis. SH oils had a lot more zinc and phos than what is showing on this report, probably double.
 
These cars are fun
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I have the SE-R and use the 10/30Amsoil right now. Your report looks good to me but anyone with a heavy foot would benifit from GC 0/30. I have 70 qts now and will see how my car likes the Amsoil ,and going to the GC for winter.From some of the reports of guys running numorus 1/4 mile track races it seems to be uneffected by it.Love my SE-R and want to keep it running strong so the NAPA gold oil filters and air filters or OEM with GC I hope will keep the oil reports in line.
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Originally posted by Johnny:
If this is 95-96 vintage PZL Turbo, then I question the whole analysis. SH oils had a lot more zinc and phos than what is showing on this report, probably double.

 
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Originally posted by Johnny:
If this is 95-96 vintage PZL Turbo, then I question the whole analysis. SH oils had a lot more zinc and phos than what is showing on this report, probably double.

Im wondering that also. I saw a VOA or UOA of some Pennzoil product on this site and remember a real low zinc content that looked scary. I think the oil was in use since early june. Im sending in a unopened quart of this oil so blackstone can compare the sodium content. Will they run a VOA and give a full report on the freebie? If they do I will find a host and put the file up to look at.
 
Drive it forever,

How do you like your car? I might buy a low mileage Specv in a few months, any pros/cons with SpecV ? Are they reliable cars ? Thanks
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I have an ealy 04. I have the pre-cat n stuff still intact. I had to get the recall update done on it.
The only issue I had was my trunk seam wasn't sealed. It was a hassle because the dealer I went to was a bunch of morons. After 3 tries they finally told me they didn't actually have a body specialist, took my car to one.

Bald tires could be an issue I guess
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The transmission takes some gettin used to.
 
These guys know better about Spec V & SE-R than me. My 04 SE-R is the best car I ever had and I have had a lot. Took it to the dealer for the Cat. check OK aside from that no trouble.I test drove the Spec V and took the automatic to make the others happy. My wife does't like it too small for her. Just right even with the automatic put the Amsoil ATF in at 7K.I think the cars are very torque happy so a good traffic blaster.I wouldn't buy the clone with the 1.8 and miss all the HP and fun. I would buy one or the Mazda MX3 hatchback 160 HP.
 
Im the one who started this post. I took a break from this site for a long time as I will again. This site can make you go mental I think or take time away from other things you should be doing in life instead. After using an old, outta date oil in my car and getting back this report, Im going to use cheap supertech oil and do 4k oci's. I have come to a conclusion that you either have a good engine in which what oil you use only matters if you want to push your oci. Or you have a medeorcre engine that your wasting your money on expensive oil that wont make it last forever anyways.
 
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