Latest UOA from my 2003 330Ci.
This was a mix of 6 quarts Red Line 5w-30 and 1 quart 5w-40 (old formula with moly).
Changed with 6 quarts of Red Line 5w-30 and one quart of the new formula 5w-40 without moly.
One track day at Barber Motorsports Park in October. Added a half quart at the track, was still a little above full at the change.
Blackstone comments:
Copper showed up again and we almost unhighlighted it this time, but held off because it's still a
mystery that may be solved. If you look back at the history not on this page, you can see copper had been
reading below average, but it suddenly jumped up in June of 2009 and has stayed high since. All other
wear continues to look great, so we don't think copper is a major issue, but is something we'll continue to
watch. Silicon increased but that's due to the oil type and not a concern. The high viscosity and trace of
fuel aren't issues either and the TBN was ok.
Code:
2003 BMW 330 Ci 2003
Miles on oil 5011 5000 4300 5958 4514 5347 5017 3839 7,250 5,100 7786 7400 5643 8119 7853
Total miles 21130 26100 31407 37365 41879 47226 52245 56084 63,334 68,400 71120 78494 84137 92256 100109
Date 5/17/05 10/17/05 3/31/06 6/19/06 3/05/07 6/16/07 3/29/08 9/18/08 10/18/08 6/04/09 6/14/09 12/13/09 8/17/10 4/12/11 11/7/11
Make up oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Oil Brand BMW Castrol Castrol BMW Castrol Castrol Castrol Castrol R Line R Line R Line R Line R Line R Line Red Line
Weight 5w-30 0w-30 Mix 0w-30 Gold 5w-30 0w-30 Grn 0w-30 grn 0w-30 0w-30 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-30+40
Filter BMW Mann BMW BMW Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann
ALUMINUM 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 5 4
CHROMIUM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IRON 9 7 6 4 8 6 11 9 7 7 9 8 7 10 13
COPPER 28 22 15 18 22 8 15 9 5 17 21 15 17 19 20
LEAD 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0
TIN 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
MOLYBDENUM 124 19 4 104 16 4 3 2 3 149 207 33 14 9 584
NICKEL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
MANGANESE 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3
SILVER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TITANIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POTASSIUM 9 1 6 1 2 0 8 3 2 3 5 2 4 5 4
BORON 38 9 3 21 4 2 3 2 1 4 5 2 3 3 42
SILICON 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 6 7 5 4 4 13
SODIUM 2 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 3 9 12 7 5 13 14
CALCIUM 3446 2125 1704 2463 2702 2985 1864 1891 2452 2142 2574 2530 2677 2388 2657
MAGNESIUM 18 311 455 83 129 147 448 551 86 30 36 17 16 14 10
PHOSPHORUS 853 748 781 662 737 782 872 885 988 1032 1134 1076 1182 985 1189
ZINC 1050 889 964 847 878 1001 1115 1087 1282 1228 1446 1345 1363 1056 1371
BARIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUS @ 210F 65.6 62.5 63.2 64.1 63.8 65.8 64.2 65.5 73.9 78.2 78.4 77.6 75.7 78.6 68.4
cSt @ 100C 11.76 10.91 11.11 11.35 11.27 11.82 11.38 11.75 13.97 15.08 15.11 14.92 14.43 15.16 12.53
Flashpoint F 375 375 325 415 360 395 380 400 440 385 410 420 410 390 385
Fuel %
Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Water % 0.0 0.0 tr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Insolubles % 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TBN 1.8 4.0 4.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.9 4.9 4.0 1.7 1.3 2.7 3.2 2.5 1.9
This was a mix of 6 quarts Red Line 5w-30 and 1 quart 5w-40 (old formula with moly).
Changed with 6 quarts of Red Line 5w-30 and one quart of the new formula 5w-40 without moly.
One track day at Barber Motorsports Park in October. Added a half quart at the track, was still a little above full at the change.
Blackstone comments:
Copper showed up again and we almost unhighlighted it this time, but held off because it's still a
mystery that may be solved. If you look back at the history not on this page, you can see copper had been
reading below average, but it suddenly jumped up in June of 2009 and has stayed high since. All other
wear continues to look great, so we don't think copper is a major issue, but is something we'll continue to
watch. Silicon increased but that's due to the oil type and not a concern. The high viscosity and trace of
fuel aren't issues either and the TBN was ok.
Code:
2003 BMW 330 Ci 2003
Miles on oil 5011 5000 4300 5958 4514 5347 5017 3839 7,250 5,100 7786 7400 5643 8119 7853
Total miles 21130 26100 31407 37365 41879 47226 52245 56084 63,334 68,400 71120 78494 84137 92256 100109
Date 5/17/05 10/17/05 3/31/06 6/19/06 3/05/07 6/16/07 3/29/08 9/18/08 10/18/08 6/04/09 6/14/09 12/13/09 8/17/10 4/12/11 11/7/11
Make up oil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Oil Brand BMW Castrol Castrol BMW Castrol Castrol Castrol Castrol R Line R Line R Line R Line R Line R Line Red Line
Weight 5w-30 0w-30 Mix 0w-30 Gold 5w-30 0w-30 Grn 0w-30 grn 0w-30 0w-30 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-40 5w-30+40
Filter BMW Mann BMW BMW Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann Mann
ALUMINUM 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 5 4
CHROMIUM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IRON 9 7 6 4 8 6 11 9 7 7 9 8 7 10 13
COPPER 28 22 15 18 22 8 15 9 5 17 21 15 17 19 20
LEAD 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0
TIN 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
MOLYBDENUM 124 19 4 104 16 4 3 2 3 149 207 33 14 9 584
NICKEL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
MANGANESE 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3
SILVER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TITANIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POTASSIUM 9 1 6 1 2 0 8 3 2 3 5 2 4 5 4
BORON 38 9 3 21 4 2 3 2 1 4 5 2 3 3 42
SILICON 5 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 6 7 5 4 4 13
SODIUM 2 4 3 5 3 3 4 2 3 9 12 7 5 13 14
CALCIUM 3446 2125 1704 2463 2702 2985 1864 1891 2452 2142 2574 2530 2677 2388 2657
MAGNESIUM 18 311 455 83 129 147 448 551 86 30 36 17 16 14 10
PHOSPHORUS 853 748 781 662 737 782 872 885 988 1032 1134 1076 1182 985 1189
ZINC 1050 889 964 847 878 1001 1115 1087 1282 1228 1446 1345 1363 1056 1371
BARIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUS @ 210F 65.6 62.5 63.2 64.1 63.8 65.8 64.2 65.5 73.9 78.2 78.4 77.6 75.7 78.6 68.4
cSt @ 100C 11.76 10.91 11.11 11.35 11.27 11.82 11.38 11.75 13.97 15.08 15.11 14.92 14.43 15.16 12.53
Flashpoint F 375 375 325 415 360 395 380 400 440 385 410 420 410 390 385
Fuel %
Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Water % 0.0 0.0 tr 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Insolubles % 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TBN 1.8 4.0 4.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.9 4.9 4.0 1.7 1.3 2.7 3.2 2.5 1.9