I noticed a month ago that my Amsoil EAA189 was letting a lot of dust around it. So I put a Napa Gold air filter in but as you can see by the report my sample was bad. I wanted to know if this means there was some damage to my engine or will it be fine now that I put new oil in. My plan is to run the Delo LE I put in for 5,000 miles and then change it again to see if anything changed.
MAKE/MODEL: Cummins 6 BT 5.9L
FUEL TYPE: Diesel
ADDITIONAL INFO: 2004.5
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Schaeffer Sup 9000 5W/40
OIL USE INTERVAL: 15,000 Miles
BRADLEY: A lot of excess wear, silicon, and soot turned up in this sample. Universal averages show typical wear levels after about 6,800 miles oil use. Your oil was run a lot longer, so we expected to see some higher wear, though mainly at iron. The other metals should stay closer to average, even after a longer oil run. Silicon may be a cause of the high wear if it's from dirt, so check the air filtration system and resample in just ~10,000 miles to monitor. Soot caused the high viscosity. The TBN was okay at 4.9, so you didn't run out of active additive. 1.0 is too low.
MI/HR on Oil 15,000
MI/HR on Unit 126,000
Sample Date 02/13/2010
Make Up Oil Added 0 quarts
ALUMINUM 10
CHROMIUM 5
IRON 103
COPPER 15
LEAD 10
TIN 1
MOLYBDENUM 292
NICKEL 2
MANGANESE 1
SILVER 2
TITANIUM 1
POTASSIUM 12
BORON 11
SILICON 30
SODIUM 15
CALCIUM 1483
MAGNESIUM 719
PHOSPHORUS 1100
ZINC 1336
BARIUM 0
The second number is what the values should be, the first number is the actual report number.
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F 80.1 65-76ES
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C 15.56 11.6-14.8
Flashpoint in °F 440 410
Fuel % Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0
Water % 0.0 Insolubles % 0.4 TBN 4.9
MAKE/MODEL: Cummins 6 BT 5.9L
FUEL TYPE: Diesel
ADDITIONAL INFO: 2004.5
OIL TYPE & GRADE: Schaeffer Sup 9000 5W/40
OIL USE INTERVAL: 15,000 Miles
BRADLEY: A lot of excess wear, silicon, and soot turned up in this sample. Universal averages show typical wear levels after about 6,800 miles oil use. Your oil was run a lot longer, so we expected to see some higher wear, though mainly at iron. The other metals should stay closer to average, even after a longer oil run. Silicon may be a cause of the high wear if it's from dirt, so check the air filtration system and resample in just ~10,000 miles to monitor. Soot caused the high viscosity. The TBN was okay at 4.9, so you didn't run out of active additive. 1.0 is too low.
MI/HR on Oil 15,000
MI/HR on Unit 126,000
Sample Date 02/13/2010
Make Up Oil Added 0 quarts
ALUMINUM 10
CHROMIUM 5
IRON 103
COPPER 15
LEAD 10
TIN 1
MOLYBDENUM 292
NICKEL 2
MANGANESE 1
SILVER 2
TITANIUM 1
POTASSIUM 12
BORON 11
SILICON 30
SODIUM 15
CALCIUM 1483
MAGNESIUM 719
PHOSPHORUS 1100
ZINC 1336
BARIUM 0
The second number is what the values should be, the first number is the actual report number.
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F 80.1 65-76ES
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C 15.56 11.6-14.8
Flashpoint in °F 440 410
Fuel % Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0
Water % 0.0 Insolubles % 0.4 TBN 4.9
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