PP 5w20 6900mls, 06 Nissan Altima SER 64381mls

[Nederlander75]

From left to right Amsoil ASM 10w30 sampled at 12,700 miles and run 5,245, M1 EP 5w30 sampled at 25,534 and run for 5,311, RP 5w30 sampled at 30,530 and run for 4,996 miles, GC installed at 30.500 6,981, Mobil 1 0w40 4,970 miles, 2 more runs of M1 0w40 for 7500mls ea not tested, and PP 5w20 6900mls

Iron 13 17 9 13 13 15
Chro 2 1 1 1 1 1
Lead 2 5 2 5 1 1
Copp 64 8 7 5 5 6
Tin 0 0 3 0 0 0
Alum 7 6 5 0 5 4
Nick 0 0 0 0 0 0
Silv 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sili 27 21 21 15 17 15
Boro 164 88 16 4 123 27
Sodi 0 0 0 10 9 7
Magn 203 28 861 582 171 20
Calc 2919 2706 2361 1821 2883 2698
Bari 0 0 0 0 0
Phos 814 962 932 784 875 685
Zinc 972 1017 990 1018 1039 798
Moli 69 127 139 25 74 54
Tita 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vana 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pota 0 0 0 1 1 2

Fuel Visc 10.57 9.84 9.88 12.2 12.7 8.35cst @100C
Water 0% 0% 0% 0% Insol N/A N.A N/A Cool No No No No No No

TBN 6.26 4.37 6.16 4.75 5.07 2.6

Oxid N/A N/A N/A 12 20 Not tstd
Nitr N/A N/A N/A 23 25 Not tstd

Oil was installed in late December and changed/sampled mid June. MPG was unchanged with the lower viscosity as was the butt dyno. Car sees a 22 mile commute one way that takes about 30 minutes, so mostly hwy. I used a 20wt to see how dependent these VQs are on viscosity and to also see how the mpg went. Car now has Rotella T3 10w30 with Auto RX at 2oz/qrt and is noticeably peppier and mpg over 3 tanks has been up by 3mpg. Fuel is still Shell VPower exclusively with no fuel adds or treatments. Oil filter was a Pure1 and air filter is now a K&N. TAN was tested this time at 3.6.

 

[Johnny248]

Isn't 10w30 t5?

 

[Nederlander75]

The blend is, T3 is the dino. http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?site.../t3_detail.html

 

[Johnny248]

oh, ok .I've never seen that in stores. I have the T5 in my 5.9L ram and it seems to do very well.

 

[Nederlander75]

I got 3 gals on a WM 7$ blowout with the arrival of the T5 a few months back. We have a farm supply store a couple towns north of Denver that carry 10w30 T3, but its not cost effective at their price.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

So how was the 5w-20 running? I didn't think anyone would even have the guts to think of putting a 20 weight in a VQ.

 

[Nederlander75]

Ran no different than anything before it, better or worse. Doesnt seem to have exacerbated wear either.

 

[Gene K]

Your car/habits seem to give pretty good results overall. About as good as Ive seen with the VQ. If you decide to take request I would love to see a 5,000 mile OCI on Mobil DC5000 5W30.

 

[shpankey]

They all look good. But if it were me, I'd go back to the M1 0w40. Looks like it did the best of those.

 

[badtlc]

Do you happen to have the flashpoint for this PP5w20 run?

 

[Nederlander75]

Sorry, 385f. 1st time this was tested.

 

[badtlc]

Looks like some fuel dilution Given the flashpoint but viscosity held nicely.

 

[REDDOG]

Nederlander,

Is this vehicle manual or CVT?

Either way this has got to be one peppy unit, I would think!

Nice looking results too by the way-Ive wanted to see a VQ on 20wt myself for a while now.

 

[Nederlander75]

This is the 6 speed manual. Will actually run down the 350Z of its day, better gearing I guess.

 

[SLCraig]

Originally Posted By: Nederlander75
This is the 6 speed manual. Will actually run down the 350Z of its day, better gearing I guess.


Also will not outrun a 3.5SE 5 speed, I had a 2002, that car hauled serious ars!

 

[Nederlander75]

We actually had a 3.5 SE 5 speed for about 2 years with the SER, SER would take it solidly after about 90 when wed road race em.