Quaker State 5w-20 Bulk

[BobXRC]

Oil: Bulk Quaker State Dino 5w-20
Sample taken after drive home from Dealer (7 miles). Vehicle has only see this oil type - every 3K. Approx 25K on vehicle


Iron 0
Chromium 0
Lead 0
Copper 2
Tin 0
Aluminum 1
Nickel 0
Silver 0
Silcon 3
Boron 87
Sodium 0
Magnesium 4
Calcium 1133
Barium 0
Phosphorus 405
Molybdenum 80
Titanium 0
Potassium 0
Zinc 470

Trace Insolubles
Flashpoint 410 F
Sub Vis @ 210 F 53.5

TBN 6.6

Not sure if some of the minor stuff is carry over - aluminum, copper, etc

 

[BlazerLT]

That is some really weak oil there.

 

[BobXRC]

Yea, I now know why they use QS bulk instead of Honda/Exxon bulk. I think they get their supply from the same distributer as Jiffy Lube. I wonder if QS now just remarked Shell dino.

I was expecting a little more AW for a 5w-20.

$28 bucks for this.
$49 for the QS blend
$79 for the QS synthetic

 

[SSDude]

This is nothing to write home about. In fact, if I wrote home about this oil it would only be to complain.

 

[The Critic]

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Originally posted by BlazerLT:
That is some really weak oil there.

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Lubricants contain many additives that do not show up in a $30 spectro burn.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

I think this is why Valvoline AC shows weak VOAs & UOAs.

 

[BobXRC]

quote:

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Originally posted by The Critic:

quote:

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Originally posted by BlazerLT:
That is some really weak oil there.

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Lubricants contain many additives that do not show up in a $30 spectro burn.

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True, I doubt their Slick50 brew would have shown up

 

[simple_gifts]

I think I have dumped oil with a higher TBN

 

[JohnBrowning]

My M1 0W40 + 8 onces of SX-UP had a TBN of 6.75 after 7 months of use and 9500-10,000 miles of use includeing sub-zero winter temps. I can not wait to see the UOA on this oil. 3000 miles is not very cahallenging for an OCI but with this oil why challenge it at all!!!

 

[Gary Allan]

There are a few oils that don't have high starting base numbers. SOPUS doesn't even publish the virin TBN on most of their oils. Some of their HDEO oils are only 7 TBN virgin. The rhetorical response is that the number isn't as important as the TBN retention

 

[OriginHacker21]

Mabye thats why my parent's 97 pontiac minivan shows sludge and varnish after 3,000 mile ocis at 120,000 miles with quaker state.

 

[The Critic]

If I'm not mistaken, most Ponitac minivans are equipped with the infamous 3.4L V6, which is notorious for leaking coolant from the intake manifold gasket.

The engine isn't sludging up as a result of Quaker State oil, but because of coolant ingestion most likely.