RP 5w30 5700 miles AND 110 idel hrs

[DrDusty86]

MAKE UP FLUID MAKE UP FLUID UNITS
0.0
METER ON FLUID FLUID CHANGED
3/31/11 NO PROBLEMS PRESENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SAMPLE. CONTINUE SAMPLING AT THE NORMAL INTERVAL.
FILTER CHANGED
Yes
No Action Required
4/4/11 5700 MI
110 MI Yes
Wear Metals (ppm)
Cu Fe Cr Al Pb Sn Si Na K B Mo Ca Mg Zn P
E140-41094-0408 0 8 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 133 6 3353 386 1848 1334
Oil Condition / Particle Count (ct/ml)
ST OXI NIT SUL W A F V100 TBN
E140-41094-0408 3 13 6 18 N N N 11.3 6.5
Ag = Silver, Al = Aluminum, B = Boron, Ca = Calcium, Cr = Chromium, Cu = Copper, Fe = Iron, P = Phosphorus, K = Potassium, Mg = Magnesium, Mo = Molybdenum, Na = Sodium, Ni = Nickel, Pb = Lead, Si = Silicon, Sn = Tin, V = Vanadium, Zn = Zinc, A = Antifreeze, F = Fuel, W = Water, P = Positive, N = Negative, T = Trace, E = Excessive, NIT = Nitration, OXI = Oxidation, ST = Soot, SUL = Sulfation, ISO = ISO Rating, PFC = Percent Fuel Content, PQI = Particle Quantifying index , NaW = Salt Water, FL Pt = Flash Point, TAN = Total Acid Number, TBN = Total Base Number, H2O = Karl Fisher result, V100 = Viscosity@100C, V40 = Viscosity@40C
Notice: This analysis is intended as an aid in predicting mechanical wear. No guarantee, expressed or implied, is made against failure of this piece of equipment or a component thereof.
PS How do I post pictures here?
Dusty

 

[stubbakatt]

This might help a little

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Wear Metals (ppm)

Cu 0

Fe 8

Cr 0

Al 1

Pb 1

Sn 0

Si 4

Na 1

K 0

B 133

Mo 6

Ca 3353

Mg 386

Zn 1848

P 1334





Soot 3

Oxidation 13

Nitration 6

Sulfation 18

Water N

Antifreeze N

Fuel N

V100 11.3

TBN 6.5

 

[Jeffs2006EvoIX]

I am assuming with ZDDP numbers that high that this is the XPR 5/30?

Last I saw a VOA of RP 5/30 (street) the ZDDP levels were nothing near these levels.

Jeff

 

[CharlieJ]

TBN of 6.5 and no fuel? This oil had a lot of life left.

 

[DrDusty86]

I changed it anyway. I wanted to get a new(er) baseline. How does this sample look in terms of wear and things? Compared to other oils? No, This is the Street 5w30. The guy that ran the test said 10k miles should not be a problem. I'm going to sample the 5w20 next to see if wear decreases.
Dusty

 

[panthermike]

Dusty, are Mo and B backwards? Mo 133, B 6? I thought RP had a bit more than 6ppm Moly.

Looks good, P and Zn are really high, strange.

 

[DrDusty86]

What would cause the high readings?

 

[addyguy]

Yeah, the moly and Born number HAVE to be switched, RP uses right about 120-140ppm moly, and next to no boron.

What vehicle? Did I miss it?

 

[DrDusty86]

addy,
Its my ZX2 with about 195,000 miles on the clock... From what I have seen, this car does REAL well with RP. I switched to RP 5w20 as I want to see if wear is the same or lower.
PS I had been using RP 5w30 for the last 150k miles or so
Dusty

 

[addyguy]

Heh, my buddy had a 1998 Escort ZX-2 from nearly new to about 130k miles. He beat, and I mean BEAT, the ever-loving tar out of that car everytime he drove it - it spent most of it's time north of 4k rpm.

Barely gave him a lick of trouble, and all it ever saw were quick-lube 5W-30 changes every 5-7k miles.

Very good cars!

 

[DrDusty86]

Shoot addy,
You have to rev the thing north of 4k just to keep up with traffic... It is SLOOOOOW. BUT It has been extremely reliable. with 5800 engine hrs on the car/drive train, I just put an alternator on it 4 days ago. The alt let me know it was going for 2 weeks and didn't leave me walking....GOOD car.
Dusty

 

[Jim Allen]

Yeah, there's that dreaded RP 5W30 shearing again. Dang, it sheared right down to 11.3cSt with only 5700 miles on it.

I'm being sarcastic, of course. RP bashing must be passe these days. Don't see any negative remarks. Of course, they'd have to stretch pretty hard to find anything negative. Good report.