I'll be changing oil at around 1500 miles until I can get the fuel dilution down. First 2 UOA( NOT Rotella T) were with stock air intake and stock fuel map. Rotella T UOA was with opened-up air intake and Power Commander III with a rich map. So some of the increase in fuel dilution could be attributed running rich. Bike will be dyno-tuned next Monday so we'll see what that does for fuel dilution.
VOA for this jug of Shell Rotella T 15W40 posted in the VOA section.
Code:
2003 Kawasaki Meanstreak 1500 (1500 V Twin)
30,150 km on engine (18,735K miles)
2,500 km on oil (1500 miles)
Shell Rotella T 15W40 in right hand column
Canadian Tire Motomaster Formula1 Premium Motorcycle oil in the first 2 columns (10W40 - made by Shell Canada)
Analysis by Fluid Life, Brantford, Ontario
August 10, 2011
Rotella T
1000 miles 2000 miles 1500 miles
Sodium 0 0 0
Potassium 0 0 4
Silicon 15 14 6
Aluminum 4 6 4
Iron 15 24 19
Copper 8 11 8
Lead 0 1 0
Tin 0 0 0
Chromium 0 0 0
Calcium 2073 2056 2213
Zinc 982 979 1141
Phosphorous 805 808 987
Magnesium 22 23 12
Moly 75 73 9
Boron 140 122 42
Lithium 1 1 1
Fuel 1.44% 1.51% 2.16%
Cst@40C 80 77.6 90.4
Cst@100C 12.8 12.2 12.5
VI 159 155 134
Oxid.(A/cm) 1.38 2.18 6.05
Nitr.(A/cm) 2.91 4.32 4.89
Sulf.(A/cm) 0.1 2.70 1.93
VOA for this jug of Shell Rotella T 15W40 posted in the VOA section.
Code:
2003 Kawasaki Meanstreak 1500 (1500 V Twin)
30,150 km on engine (18,735K miles)
2,500 km on oil (1500 miles)
Shell Rotella T 15W40 in right hand column
Canadian Tire Motomaster Formula1 Premium Motorcycle oil in the first 2 columns (10W40 - made by Shell Canada)
Analysis by Fluid Life, Brantford, Ontario
August 10, 2011
Rotella T
1000 miles 2000 miles 1500 miles
Sodium 0 0 0
Potassium 0 0 4
Silicon 15 14 6
Aluminum 4 6 4
Iron 15 24 19
Copper 8 11 8
Lead 0 1 0
Tin 0 0 0
Chromium 0 0 0
Calcium 2073 2056 2213
Zinc 982 979 1141
Phosphorous 805 808 987
Magnesium 22 23 12
Moly 75 73 9
Boron 140 122 42
Lithium 1 1 1
Fuel 1.44% 1.51% 2.16%
Cst@40C 80 77.6 90.4
Cst@100C 12.8 12.2 12.5
VI 159 155 134
Oxid.(A/cm) 1.38 2.18 6.05
Nitr.(A/cm) 2.91 4.32 4.89
Sulf.(A/cm) 0.1 2.70 1.93