2005 Nissan Altima SE Chevron Supreme 1544 mi on oil

[ekpolk]

Why only 1500 miles? Are you having symptoms of some sort? I'm also wondering if your CAI may be feeding your engine some dirty air -- I don't understand why the lab dismisses ingestion out of hand without more info regarding the non-standard intake. FWIW, I've kept the intake on my G35 straight stock. If your goal is to extract every last possible half-horsepower, maybe, but from my perspective, I get all the power I could want (well, maybe I could want a tad more...) from my car as is. Not to criticise, but on the other hand, it's not as if you've got a gasping 4-cyl and you're trying to make it just respectable.

 

[Al]

I would get my money back. If the sodium is a corrrect you might have a coolant leak. Is the .1 Glycol .1% ? If so thats 1000ppm.

 

[Douglas M]

Only 1500 miles because I needed to use up 12 quarts of the stuff before my switch to synthetic and I wanted to see if the intake was sucking up dirt.

The VOA for this oil shows JAG's point (http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=000168):

Copper 0
iron 0
Chrome 0
Sodium 0
Boron 0
Alum 1
Moly 55
Phos 1122
Zinc 1090
Mag 4
Calcium 1934

 

[Douglas M]

Unit ID ALTIMA
Comp Desc VQ35DE
Make Nissan
Model Altima 3.5 SE
Note: AEM Cold Air Intake
Lab OilGuard

Date Taken 10/24/2005
Date Rec 11/18/2005
Date Rpt 11/18/2005
Date Posted 11/21/2005
Miles on car 8662
Miles on oil 1544
Fluid Brand CHEVRON - Supreme
Condition ABNORMAL

VISC40 0
VISC100 10.9
WATER 0
SOOT 0
SOLIDS N/A
FUEL 0
GLYCOL 0.1
NITR 0
OXID 3.8
TAN N/A
TBN 9.1

FE 6
CR 0
PB 2
CU 19
SN 1
AL 2
NI 0
AG N/A
MN 0
SI 30
B 0
NA 22
MG 0
CA 0
BA 0
P 0
ZN 0
MO 273
TI 0
V 0
K 2

Evaluator Comment (Sample ID: 9922101-R-2786) "ALL ENGINE WEAR RATES NORMAL. SILICON MOST LIKELY FROM SOURCE OTHER THAN DIRT, POSSIBLY ENGINE SEALANT (GASKET MATERIAL) AND/OR OIL ADDITIVE."

 

[JAG]

The only oddity is that according to the lab, this oil has no Calcium, Zinc, Phosphorus, Boron, or Magnesium in its additive package which is highly unlikely. I'd ask them what's up with that and ask for money back if they screwed up.