Valvoline Syn- 04 Acura TSX - 7,500 Miles

[Al]

This vehicle just gives great UOA's. There are 77,500 miles on the vehicle. It is driven pretty hard in Suburban Phila Rush traffic. 90% commuting miles.

I think it will run forever. Its the 2.4 Engine..200HP

 

[Drew99GT]

Was this 5w-20?

 

[Al]

Sorry it was 5w30

 

[Pablo]

Sheared a little, but no wear!!

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
Sheared a little, but no wear!!


Yea..it does chew up the oil. I have some other reports by other than Blackstone. It has sheared as low as 7.7 cSts. Still good numbers. The engine is speced for 30 wt. but its obvious it could take 20 wt.

 

[buster]

Al, were the other UOA's 20wt's? Looks good.

 

[02zx9r]

looks good

 

[ThirdeYe]

Gotta love Acuras. Looks great.

 

[tackleberry625]

looks good.....I have Synpower in my Tundra and I hope my UOA looks as good as yours.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: buster
Al, were the other UOA's 20wt's? Looks good.

No buster, they were all 30 wts. I suppose the extra 40 horses over the 2.4 in the Honda is the difference. I think next will be a 20 wt. I doubt it will shear down any further and might get a bit of increased milage.

 

[ThirdeYe]

What did you use in the previous UOAs? All Synpower?

 

[glennc]

I'm also curious about the other oils used. Very consistent wear, if you can even call it wear, although the other oils didn't lose viscosity as much. The insolubles are extremely low. What oil filter are you using? Have you considered running longer OCIs, perhaps with a GrpIV/V synth that might hold up a little better?

 

[Al]

Used a Spertedh for the above results. PP and Pure one @ 70K miles. Tropartic/Redline and SuperTech filter @ 55K miles.