OP left personal information on the UOA so it was removed.
VW507 OCI CATA
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garageman402
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OK, got it.
Sounds like it was bad? I saw the VOA of the SRT posted, very high Phosphorous and Moly. There are also 2 used oil analysis of the Euro product with much lower Phosphorous and Moly levels. The used oil analysis looked pretty good
Sounds like it was bad? I saw the VOA of the SRT posted, very high Phosphorous and Moly. There are also 2 used oil analysis of the Euro product with much lower Phosphorous and Moly levels. The used oil analysis looked pretty good
The Triax oil used doesn't even meet the minimum HTHS for the VW engine in question and the viscosity was too low.
Plus a used oil analysis is not the tool for this despite so many people thinking it is.
It'll sure tell you if the oil is full of wear metals and the viscosity is almost a grade too low, as this one did.
A used oil analysis like this one is a clear red flag even without history.
garageman402
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I PM'd the OP to see it he could repost the UOA with his private information covered or removed. I'd sure like to see that.
Triax has a Euro spec oil too, you think that would have had better wear numbers? This is the Euro LX 5w30
Triax has a Euro spec oil too, you think that would have had better wear numbers? This is the Euro LX 5w30
Yes, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that the used oil analysis tells you very little about whether the product meets an approval other than viscosity and minimum TBN, assuming that measurement is even accurate.
The wear numbers come from the specific engine and operating conditions not the oil. I still wouldn't use the oil from an unscrupulous blender like this one however.
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