12,440 miles on the bike; 3,925 miles on this oil. I added a magnetic drain plug at the beginning of this OCI. The virgin oil figures are from Blackstone, so compare between labs with a grain of salt. The previous OCI was with an unknown oil (probably Kawasaki's OEM 10W-40) for approximately 3,000 miles.
Note that this oil was used for an Auto-Rx clean phase. The Auto-Rx stopped the oil usage the bike exhibited. I had to add 12 oz. of oil 2,000 miles into this OCI, then ride another 500 miles to make room for 5 oz. of Auto-Rx. (Total oil capacity is 2.5 liters.) There was only 1-2 oz. of oil use in the following 1,400 miles, and all happened immediately after adding the Auto-Rx.
Butler Labs Results:
I'm still not real happy about the elemental counts, even though most are trending in the right direction. I'm hoping that a lot of it is from gunk that the Auto-Rx dissolved and that my next UOA will show a continued strong drop across the board--including the Fe.
The oil sheared down to a middling 30-weight, even though I replaced about an eighth of the total volume a little after half-way through the OCI. This is not acceptable to me, so I'm going to try Red Line 10W-40 next.
Note that this oil was used for an Auto-Rx clean phase. The Auto-Rx stopped the oil usage the bike exhibited. I had to add 12 oz. of oil 2,000 miles into this OCI, then ride another 500 miles to make room for 5 oz. of Auto-Rx. (Total oil capacity is 2.5 liters.) There was only 1-2 oz. of oil use in the following 1,400 miles, and all happened immediately after adding the Auto-Rx.
Butler Labs Results:
I'm waiting on Terry's interpretation of the results.code:
Element | Virgin | This OCI | Last OCI
Cu 0 43 120
Fe 1 48 32
Cr 0 1 0
Ni 0 1 1
Ti 0 0 0
V 0 0 0
Ag 0 0 0
Pb 0 5 6
Sn 0 1 5
Al 0 36 80
Si 4 14 17
Na 3 5 6
K 0 2 1
Mo 0 4 3
B 0 6 153
Ba 0 0 0
Ca 2884 3284 538
Mg 10 26 1063
Mn 0 0 1
P 1164 1205 1396
Sb 0 2 1
Zn 1311 1403 1685
TBN Unk 8.0 Unk
Visc SAE 40 30 30
Visc cSt 15 10.7 10.7
PQ Unk 8 13
AntiFreeze Neg Neg Neg
Fuel Dilute Neg Neg Neg
Water Neg Neg Neg
I'm still not real happy about the elemental counts, even though most are trending in the right direction. I'm hoping that a lot of it is from gunk that the Auto-Rx dissolved and that my next UOA will show a continued strong drop across the board--including the Fe.
The oil sheared down to a middling 30-weight, even though I replaced about an eighth of the total volume a little after half-way through the OCI. This is not acceptable to me, so I'm going to try Red Line 10W-40 next.