2006 BMW X5 using BMW 5W30 very short OCI

[21Rouge]

I am submitting on behalf of a friend.

Previous OCIs recommended by his BMW dealership (OLM?) have been approximately 10k miles. As I recall, at some point during one of these intervals he was concerned with oil he saw on the dipstick....thick was I think the word he used.

So this very short OCI was an over reaction to his 'fears'

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Sample Date March 2011



Lab Toromont

Oil BMW High Performance 5W30

Filter BMW

Total Miles 70K miles

Miles on oil 1900 miles

Make up oil 0



Aluminum....... 1

Chromium....... 0

Iron........... 13

Copper......... 3

Lead........... 6

Tin............ 0

Moly........... 130

Nickel......... 0

Manganese...... \

Silver......... 0

Titanium....... 0

Potassium...... 3

Boron.......... \

Silicon........ 2

Sodium......... 12

Calcium........ \

Magnesium...... 26

Phosphorus..... 843

Zinc........... 842

Barium......... 10



Flashpoint F... \

Fuel........... negligible

Antifreeze..... negligible

Water.......... negligible

Insoluables.... \

SUS Visc@210f.. \

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TBN.............\



Soot............0

Sulf............19

Nit.............14

 

[Quattro Pete]

Looks OK for such short OCI.

No Calcium in the BMW 5w-30 (Castrol), huh?

Which engine is this?

 

[addyguy]

Toromont/Cat doesn't test for Ca or B elements - labs aren't calibrated to.

 

[Corvette Owner]

That is a LOT of iron for so short a run !

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
That is a LOT of iron for so short a run !

It may appear that way but it's still a low number and falls into the "noise range" for an inexpensive UOA.

For the OP, I really don't what he can learn from such a short OCI.
If the Toromont KV100 figure is accurate this oil has sheared about 12%

 

[21Rouge]

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
That is a LOT of iron for so short a run !


For the OP, I really don't what he can learn from such a short OCI.


*If* the numbers had been 'high' for such a short OCI then he might have reason to be a bit anxious but as you say some of these stats #s may well be just noise.

Anyways next time I see the owner I will advise him to lengthen significantly the OCI and then sample.

 

[Artem]

Coming from a 10K OCI he samples @ 2,000 miles? Lol.

Should have at least put on 8k before sampling to see the condition of the oil after a "normal" oil run.

 

[SIXSPEED]

Originally Posted By: 21Rouge
he was concerned with oil he saw on the dipstick....thick was I think the word he used.

So this very short OCI was an over reaction to his 'fears'


Looks like 30 grade oil. I hear the Winters are cold in Canada ... and the oil ... thick.

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: SIXSPEED

I hear the Winters are cold in Canada ...

I don't know who started that rumor but it's patently untrue!
Some of us go swimming in January, so how cold can it be?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dviUaDqU-y4&feature=related

 

[21Rouge]

Originally Posted By: CATERHAM

I hear the Winters are cold in Canada ...

I don't know who started that rumor but it's patently untrue!
Some of us go swimming in January,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dviUaDqU-y4&feature=related


Might one of these brave souls be you CATERHAM?