Series 2000 0W/30 extended use

[BrianH]

Oil API Service SJ/SH/CF
Miles on oil 44000

Miles on engine Volvo 245 GL B200E 178000
Date oil analysis 13th March 2004
Frequency 5m 7m 6m 6m 10 months
Filters Amsoil ASF15. BE90 bypass. K&N air none changed.
Make up 1 litre every 6000 miles plus sample tap spillage mistake 1.5 litres.
Wearcheck Wales.
Visc. 40 deg. C 55 100 deg. C 10.7 cSt
OC 9
Dispersancy G
Water N
Glycol N
Fuel N
TBN 9.5 ASTM 2896
Soot 0.0
Additive
Ba Ca 3437
Mg 524
P 1285
Zn 1921
Elemental
B 3
Na Si 5
K and Li Al 3
Cr 2
Cu 7
Fe 16
Pb 91 leaded petrol use
rest Requested oxidation and nitration but ignored.
Covering about 1000 miles per week and using hot start element in the coolant each morning.
It seems the top up and double filtration is working but may be masking the true engine condition.
What do you think guys.

Brian Hosker
Bournemouth
UK

 

[sbc350gearhead]

Is that 44k miles or kilometers?

 

[Last_Z]

That's a lot of Zinc in this oil. Good report!

 

[hkkc]

44K miles.

 

[BrianH]

I forgot to say this 1986cc engine has run on LPG for 4 years. By-pass filtration for 3 years.


base ref 8k 10k 16k 21k 43k miles

Wearcheck 0/30 chg ok ok ok ok
full flow asf-15 Pb ok ok ok ok
by-pass be-20
charac chge ok ok ok ok
40 c 57.3 54 73 53 52 53 55
100 c 11.3 9.88 10.7
cond. >14 9 9 10 9 9
disp g g g g g
water glycol fuel 1.5% n c tan >.2 3.4
tbn >11 6.9 9.5
soot >2% .1 .1 .2 .2 0
Ba 7 1 1 Ca -10% 2632 3416 3124 3155 3370 3437
Mg 300 610 460 487 465 524
P 903 1039 1187 1069 1101 1285
Zn -15% 1189 1302 1583 1571 1618 1921
B 3 45 17 16 8 3
Na Si 4 7 7 9 10 5
K Li Al Cr Cu Fe 2 10 12 16 19 16
Pb lead petrol 3 33 45 93 98 91
Mo brief use M1 Sn 1 4 Ni
Ti
Ag
Mg
V all oil age hrs 0 0 285 457 600 1228
LPG % use 95 98 95 99 99
oil ltr miles 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000
Installed May 2001
Used M1 from 57k to 125k with 6 month change out.
Owned from new. Serviced by Volvo to 57k.

Fuel % due to relay fault on bifuel system.
8k change out due to misunderstanding lead petrol connection.
Well unless you guys have anthing more to say I will just carry on with this experiment.
Still trying to figure out code:____

Brian Hosker
Bournemouth
UK