Virgin Mobil Delvac 1300 Super API CI-4/SL

[mikeyoilnutt]

Test was done by Blackstone Laboratories
Aluminum 1ppm
Chromium 0ppm
Iron 2ppm
Copper 0ppm
Lead 0ppm
Tin oppm
Molybdenum 35ppm
Nickel 0ppm
Manganese 0ppm
Silver 0ppm
Titanium 0ppm
Potassium 0ppm
Boron 61ppm
Silicon 6ppm
Sodium 1ppm
Calcium 2195ppm
Magnesium 419ppm
Phosphorus 1120ppm
Zinc 1231ppm
Barium 0ppm
SUS VISCOSITY@ 210F 81.5
Flashpoint 405F
Insolubles -Trace, but will not hurt anything at this level according to report.

 

[dragboat]

Hmmm. Here is the same oil with 2900 miles of use in a Motorcycle.Maybe this was the SJ used in the bike ? Here is the thread.
http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=000039

Oil: Mobil Delvac 1300 Super 15W-40 (current API CI-4/SL formulation).

Copper: 2ppm
Iron: 16ppm
Chromium: 0ppm
Aluminum: 6ppm
Lead: 1ppm
Molybdenum: 71ppm
Phosphorus: 1769ppm
Zinc: 1852ppm
Magnesium: 757ppm
Calcium: 4071ppm

[ January 21, 2003, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: dragboat ]

 

[mikeyoilnutt]

dragboat, I did not know Schaeffers did testing. How can I purchase a kit because I bought a gallon of the Delvac 1300 and would be happy to test some from the same batch at a different lab. mikeyoilnutt

 

[blano]

I saw another uoa for CI-4 delvac 1300 and it had a much more robust additive package than your sample shows. I wonder if you got some CH-4 rated stuff packaged as CI-4.

 

[mikeyoilnutt]

blano, That was what the gallon container said. Pretty bad if a company would do that, but you never know. mikeyoinutt

 

[richard612]

I can confirm that the 2900 mile sample from the motorcycle was marked CI-4/SL. Whether or not that is what was actually in the bottle is another question.

Mobil 1 formulations changed quite often during the SJ to SL changeover, I wonder if they were playing with the Delvac formulations during the CH-4 to CI-4 switch as well?