Just had my 1st UOA done by Blackstone. I can't drag the report into the message window, so I'll have to type it out.
Equipment make : 04 Dodge Sprinter
Engine Mercedes Benz 2.7 CDI Turbo Diesel 154 HP
Miles on engine 18, 700
Miles on oil 3,000
Oil 8 1/2 quarts 5w-40 T&SUV, 1 quart 15w-40 Redline, 16 oz Power Services Diesel Extender, 4 oz VSOT. 4 months on oil, winter driving. Gently driven, rarely over 2500 RPM. Stock oil filter, no by pass, totally stock except for oil pan heater which is always plugged in during cold temps. Usually run 2%-5% bio diesel.
Blackstone wrote: No problem that your mixing oils. The unusual mix has left you with a viscosity solidly in the 15W-40 range, and this brew seems to be working well in your Sprinter. Note the very low wear levels when compaired to the universal averages for this engine. The TBN reads 12.2 lots and lots of active additive in the oil. We didn't have enough oil to test the flash, but I suspect it was fine. Suggest 3000 miles to this oil and resample to monitor.
Aluminum 4........... universal average 32
Chromiom 0 ............ 3
Iron 7............ 46
Copper 1............ 4
Lead 0 .......... 1
Moly 100 ........ 46
Nickel 0......... 1
Manganese 0......... 1
Silver 0 ........ 0
Titanium 0 ...... 0
Potassium 0 ......... 3
Boron 48......... 61
Silicon 5 .......... 7
Sodium 2.......... 3
Calcium 3200 ........ 2760
Magnesium 472 ........ 268
Phosphorus 1440 ....... 1056
Zinc 1717.......... 1249
Barium 0 ........ 0
Vis @ 250 F 73.6
Insolubles 0.5
I started using LC a month ago. I drained 16 0z of my oil, and put in 16 oz of LC. I'm not sure how this effected my UOA. I know 3000 miles is early to test this oil, but I wanted to see what my brew looked like on paper.
Can I expect my wear metals to double from what they are now at 6,000 miles ? Or triple from where the are now at 9,000 ? Probably no way to tell. The 3000 was mostly short 10-15 mile trips with a few hundred miles put on twice.
When Blackstone talked about universal averages, they didn't mention the average miles on the oil.
How does this oil look at 3000 ?
Any input would be welcome.
[ February 07, 2006, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: savvy ]
Equipment make : 04 Dodge Sprinter
Engine Mercedes Benz 2.7 CDI Turbo Diesel 154 HP
Miles on engine 18, 700
Miles on oil 3,000
Oil 8 1/2 quarts 5w-40 T&SUV, 1 quart 15w-40 Redline, 16 oz Power Services Diesel Extender, 4 oz VSOT. 4 months on oil, winter driving. Gently driven, rarely over 2500 RPM. Stock oil filter, no by pass, totally stock except for oil pan heater which is always plugged in during cold temps. Usually run 2%-5% bio diesel.
Blackstone wrote: No problem that your mixing oils. The unusual mix has left you with a viscosity solidly in the 15W-40 range, and this brew seems to be working well in your Sprinter. Note the very low wear levels when compaired to the universal averages for this engine. The TBN reads 12.2 lots and lots of active additive in the oil. We didn't have enough oil to test the flash, but I suspect it was fine. Suggest 3000 miles to this oil and resample to monitor.
Aluminum 4........... universal average 32
Chromiom 0 ............ 3
Iron 7............ 46
Copper 1............ 4
Lead 0 .......... 1
Moly 100 ........ 46
Nickel 0......... 1
Manganese 0......... 1
Silver 0 ........ 0
Titanium 0 ...... 0
Potassium 0 ......... 3
Boron 48......... 61
Silicon 5 .......... 7
Sodium 2.......... 3
Calcium 3200 ........ 2760
Magnesium 472 ........ 268
Phosphorus 1440 ....... 1056
Zinc 1717.......... 1249
Barium 0 ........ 0
Vis @ 250 F 73.6
Insolubles 0.5
I started using LC a month ago. I drained 16 0z of my oil, and put in 16 oz of LC. I'm not sure how this effected my UOA. I know 3000 miles is early to test this oil, but I wanted to see what my brew looked like on paper.
Can I expect my wear metals to double from what they are now at 6,000 miles ? Or triple from where the are now at 9,000 ? Probably no way to tell. The 3000 was mostly short 10-15 mile trips with a few hundred miles put on twice.
When Blackstone talked about universal averages, they didn't mention the average miles on the oil.
How does this oil look at 3000 ?
Any input would be welcome.
[ February 07, 2006, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: savvy ]