It's been 80,000 miles and 5 years since the last sample on my beloved Camry V6. We purchased this car new in 1997 and had it for 235,000 trouble free miles when it got sold to a friend. I've been servicing the car on and off for years when the owner would call and ask. Recently the car developed a misfire which I've yet to diagnose and while the car was here, I decided to pull a sample on the oil since the owner didn't remember when was the last time it was serviced
Looks like the engine is still doing good, for the most part. I've convinced the owner to let me service it regularly in order to see it reach 400k miles since he doesn't plan to sell it anytime soon. We'll see if he sticks to my 5,000 service recommendation and actually calls when it's time to change the oil. I placed a Blackstone Labs window sticker as a reminder.
Code:
OIL Unknown Lube
MILES IN USE Unknown miles
MILES on unit 313,366
SAMPLE TAKEN 06/23/2018
Make up Oil 0
Universal Average
ALUMINUM 5 2
CHROMIUM 0 0
IRON 7 5
COPPER 8 2
LEAD 6 3
TIN 0 0
MOLYBDENUM 86 70
NICKEL 0 0
MANGANESE 0 0
SILVER 0 0
TITANIUM 1 0
POTASSIUM 2 2
BORON 28 36
SILICON 12 13
SODIUM 20 25
CALCIUM 2101 2113
MAGNESIUM 49 45
PHOSPHORUS 690 682
ZINC 744 806
BARIUM 0 0
Values Should Be*
SUS VIS 210ºF 56.9
cSt @ 212ºF 9.34
FLASHPOINT ºF 385 >375
Fuel %
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES 0.1
TBN 2.0 >1.0
Some previous UOA's can be found here, for anyone interested. It usually got 5,000 mile OCIs when I had it. The high bearing wear was present from the very first UOA @ 190,000 miles and stayed consistent. Some daily the engine will surely eat itself to death soon but seems that hasn't happened yet and she's still purring along...
Previous UOA 2,554 miles on PYB
Previous UOA 5,000 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 5,050 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 5,455 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 7,022 miles on Amsoil OE
Looks like the engine is still doing good, for the most part. I've convinced the owner to let me service it regularly in order to see it reach 400k miles since he doesn't plan to sell it anytime soon. We'll see if he sticks to my 5,000 service recommendation and actually calls when it's time to change the oil. I placed a Blackstone Labs window sticker as a reminder.
Code:
OIL Unknown Lube
MILES IN USE Unknown miles
MILES on unit 313,366
SAMPLE TAKEN 06/23/2018
Make up Oil 0
Universal Average
ALUMINUM 5 2
CHROMIUM 0 0
IRON 7 5
COPPER 8 2
LEAD 6 3
TIN 0 0
MOLYBDENUM 86 70
NICKEL 0 0
MANGANESE 0 0
SILVER 0 0
TITANIUM 1 0
POTASSIUM 2 2
BORON 28 36
SILICON 12 13
SODIUM 20 25
CALCIUM 2101 2113
MAGNESIUM 49 45
PHOSPHORUS 690 682
ZINC 744 806
BARIUM 0 0
Values Should Be*
SUS VIS 210ºF 56.9
cSt @ 212ºF 9.34
FLASHPOINT ºF 385 >375
Fuel %
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES 0.1
TBN 2.0 >1.0
Some previous UOA's can be found here, for anyone interested. It usually got 5,000 mile OCIs when I had it. The high bearing wear was present from the very first UOA @ 190,000 miles and stayed consistent. Some daily the engine will surely eat itself to death soon but seems that hasn't happened yet and she's still purring along...
Previous UOA 2,554 miles on PYB
Previous UOA 5,000 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 5,050 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 5,455 miles on Amsoil OE
Previous UOA 7,022 miles on Amsoil OE