Red Line 5w30 03/2024 - CAT Thompson

[FlyingTexan]

I emailed them asking about the 1.1% fuel dilution but wanted to share. This is a VOA for the Red Line 5w30.

 

[Slick3914]

Wow, I remember the moly being much higher than that in the past.

 

[Devo242]

Thanks for posting. Do you know if your sample is from after the production move to Tennessee, or is the bottle older?

 

[buster]

Oxidation value of 102. Probably just lab variances. Everything looks typical for this oil except moly is a bit lower. But as we've seen recently, you could send this same sample to 3 different labs and get some pretty significant differences unfortunately.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Wow, I remember the moly being much higher than that in the past.

Thankfully it's not the amount of moly but the type of moly which matters. Current moly additives function better at much lower treat rates compared to the old stuff.

 

[FlyingTexan]

Thanks for posting. Do you know if your sample is from after the production move to Tennessee, or is the bottle older?

The bottles arrived from FCP Euro on Feb 26th. I’m not sure how long they sit the shelves at FCP.

 

[FlyingTexan]

Thankfully it's not the amount of moly but the type of moly which matters. Current moly additives function better at much lower treat rates compared to the old stuff.

What gets it me is how little Molygen and others from Liqui Moly use. I thought there’d be more boron here as well.

 

[FlyingTexan]

Oxidation value of 102. Probably just lab variances. Everything looks typical for this oil except moly is a bit lower. But as we've seen recently, you could send this same sample to 3 different labs and get some pretty significant differences unfortunately.

Very well could be but I wanted to stick with one lab for everything. While everyone else was so expensive I was able to purchase a lot of these kits for about $10 each on eBay.

 

[buster]

Very well could be but I wanted to stick with one lab for everything. While everyone else was so expensive I was able to purchase a lot of these kits for about $10 each on eBay.

Makes sense. Just use that for your UOA lab too.

 

[fantastic]

Looks good & the fuel issue is b/c their testing equipment is set up for used oil analysis not new so it will show a bit of fuel. Odd but that's what happens.