This is a Blackstone report (Castrol Edge 5w30)
Comments
Rob: Thanks for the note about the dark oil. It was fairly dark, but still looked pretty good as far as our tests are concerned. Silicon was the only element out of line, but this is mostly due to harmless sealers used when the engine was assembled and should wash out nicely next time. Wear looks good, so the engine is mostly past break-in and seems to be doing well. Universal averages show typical wear levels for this type of engine after approx 5100 miles on the oil. The TBN was strong at 3.9, so active additive held up nicely. 1.0 is low. Try 5000 miles on the next oil.
2440 Miles on oil
5240 Miles on unit.
sample on 4/25/10
No makeup oil
Aluminum 4
Chromium 1
Iron 16
Copper 19
Lead 0
Tin 4
Molybdenum 77
Nickel 0
Manganese 2
Silver 0
Titanium 0
Potassium 0
Boron 41
Silicon 23
Sodium 3
Calcium 2880
Magnesium 20
Phosphorus 674
Zinc 852
Barium 0
SUS Viscosity @ 210F 55.0
cSt Viscosity @ 100C 8.78
Flashpoint 420F
Fuel % < 0.5
Antifreeze % 0.0
Water % 0.0
Insolubles % 0.3
TBN 3.9
Comments
Rob: Thanks for the note about the dark oil. It was fairly dark, but still looked pretty good as far as our tests are concerned. Silicon was the only element out of line, but this is mostly due to harmless sealers used when the engine was assembled and should wash out nicely next time. Wear looks good, so the engine is mostly past break-in and seems to be doing well. Universal averages show typical wear levels for this type of engine after approx 5100 miles on the oil. The TBN was strong at 3.9, so active additive held up nicely. 1.0 is low. Try 5000 miles on the next oil.
2440 Miles on oil
5240 Miles on unit.
sample on 4/25/10
No makeup oil
Aluminum 4
Chromium 1
Iron 16
Copper 19
Lead 0
Tin 4
Molybdenum 77
Nickel 0
Manganese 2
Silver 0
Titanium 0
Potassium 0
Boron 41
Silicon 23
Sodium 3
Calcium 2880
Magnesium 20
Phosphorus 674
Zinc 852
Barium 0
SUS Viscosity @ 210F 55.0
cSt Viscosity @ 100C 8.78
Flashpoint 420F
Fuel % < 0.5
Antifreeze % 0.0
Water % 0.0
Insolubles % 0.3
TBN 3.9
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