Very happy with this report.
Vehicle is driven by the wife 35 miles one-way each day to work, and not much else. Long highway runs at speeds between 60mph and 80mph depending on the route she takes.
Looks like the viscosity is lower than it should be (flagged by the lab). this was a full winter's worth of driving, so if I were to guess the reason I'd say it is due to slight fuel dilution.
I'm not going to worry about it, the wear numbers look great.
this car is going to get 10k OCI with AFE 0w30 all year long going forward.
I might sample again, but this is the worst possible scenario for this vehicle (winter driving), so if it held up well for this OCI, I'm confident with this OCI and this oil.
no make up oil in this 9,500 mile run.
Oil filter was a Napa Gold
Air filter is a Fram Tough Guard which was new for this OCI.
Code:
OIL Castrol 5w30 NAPA 5w30
Edge Synthetic
Gold Bottle
MILES IN USE 9,500 5,500
MILES 144,831 115,500
SAMPLE TAKEN 05/16/16 6/01/14
Metals (ppm)
IRON 10 6
CHROMIUM
LEAD
COPPER 2 1
TIN 2
ALUMINUM 3 2
NICKEL
SILVER
TITANIUM
VANADIUM
Contaminants (ppm)
SILICON 12 4
SODIUM 14 217
POTASSIUM
Additives (ppm)
MAGNESIUM 565
CALCIUM 1111 1832
BARIUM
PHOSPHORUS 592 554
ZINC 699 661
MOLYBDENUM 64 4
BORON 37 20
Contaminants
WATER
Coolant No No
Physical Tests
Visc (cSt 100C) 8.6 9.5
TBN (mgKOH/g) 2.2 2.3
Vehicle is driven by the wife 35 miles one-way each day to work, and not much else. Long highway runs at speeds between 60mph and 80mph depending on the route she takes.
Looks like the viscosity is lower than it should be (flagged by the lab). this was a full winter's worth of driving, so if I were to guess the reason I'd say it is due to slight fuel dilution.
I'm not going to worry about it, the wear numbers look great.
this car is going to get 10k OCI with AFE 0w30 all year long going forward.
I might sample again, but this is the worst possible scenario for this vehicle (winter driving), so if it held up well for this OCI, I'm confident with this OCI and this oil.
no make up oil in this 9,500 mile run.
Oil filter was a Napa Gold
Air filter is a Fram Tough Guard which was new for this OCI.
Code:
OIL Castrol 5w30 NAPA 5w30
Edge Synthetic
Gold Bottle
MILES IN USE 9,500 5,500
MILES 144,831 115,500
SAMPLE TAKEN 05/16/16 6/01/14
Metals (ppm)
IRON 10 6
CHROMIUM
LEAD
COPPER 2 1
TIN 2
ALUMINUM 3 2
NICKEL
SILVER
TITANIUM
VANADIUM
Contaminants (ppm)
SILICON 12 4
SODIUM 14 217
POTASSIUM
Additives (ppm)
MAGNESIUM 565
CALCIUM 1111 1832
BARIUM
PHOSPHORUS 592 554
ZINC 699 661
MOLYBDENUM 64 4
BORON 37 20
Contaminants
WATER
Coolant No No
Physical Tests
Visc (cSt 100C) 8.6 9.5
TBN (mgKOH/g) 2.2 2.3
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