Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: UltrafanUK
but this oil has no Moly, no Boron and not much Zinz anti wear additives.
It does not even have much in the way of detergent additives.
Yet it meets some of the most stringent mfg specs out there, including:
MB-Approval 229.31 and 229.51
BMW LongLife 04
VW/Audi 502.00/505.00/505.01
So the elements you mention must not be all that critical. Modern oil chemistries are such that a $30 UOA does not necessarily reveal it.
So true. The reading of the Blackstone VOA/UOA tea leaves to predict the future performance of an oil is amusing, and it happens all the time on here.