Hello- Been around awhile, did more reading than anything. I recently began working at a shop that sells Kendall 5w-30 full synthetic and was wondering how it tested, apparently I’m the guinea pig. So I’ve run Mobil 1 5w-30 full syn. since new. I’ll be sending in a sample of that to compare a known performing oil in my engine versus the new Kendall with “liquid titanium”(thought that was just a marketing idea, nope.)
Blackstone labs report
Kendall 5w-30 full synthetic with liquid titanium
Virgin Sample
Comments:
Here's your virgin sample of Kendall oil. It's one of only two oils we know of that use titanium as an additive, and it's only been recently that they started using it. The TBN starts out nice and strong at 8.2, and we found no moisture or solid contamination in this sample. Lots of virgin samples have traces of solids in them, probably from light oil oxidation, but that's not an issue here. No unusual metals found, either. This oil should work nicely for your engines.
Elements/ Sample/ Universal Averages
ALUMINUM/ 0/ 0
CHROMIUM/ 0/ 0
IRON/ 0/ 1
COPPER/ 0/ 0
LEAD/ 0/ 0
TIN/ 0/ 2
MOLYBDENUM/ 21/ 0
NICKEL/ 0/ 58
MANGANESE/ 0/ 0
SILVER/ 0/ 0
TITANIUM/ 54/ 0
POTASSIUM/ 3/ 1
BORON/ 169/ 57
SILICON/ 2/ 5
SODIUM/ 0/ 31
CALCIUM/ 928/ 1821
MAGNESIUM/ 5/ 62
PHOSPHORUS/ 427/ 618
ZINC/ 514/ 754
BARIUM/ 0/ 0
Sample/ Should Be
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F/ 60.4/ 57-64
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C/ 10.32/ 9.4-11.6
Flashpoint in °F/ 410/ >405
Fuel %/ 0/ Antifreeze %/ 0/ 0
Water %/ 0/ Insolubles %/ 0/ TBN/ 8.2
Blackstone labs report
Kendall 5w-30 full synthetic with liquid titanium
Virgin Sample
Comments:
Here's your virgin sample of Kendall oil. It's one of only two oils we know of that use titanium as an additive, and it's only been recently that they started using it. The TBN starts out nice and strong at 8.2, and we found no moisture or solid contamination in this sample. Lots of virgin samples have traces of solids in them, probably from light oil oxidation, but that's not an issue here. No unusual metals found, either. This oil should work nicely for your engines.
Elements/ Sample/ Universal Averages
ALUMINUM/ 0/ 0
CHROMIUM/ 0/ 0
IRON/ 0/ 1
COPPER/ 0/ 0
LEAD/ 0/ 0
TIN/ 0/ 2
MOLYBDENUM/ 21/ 0
NICKEL/ 0/ 58
MANGANESE/ 0/ 0
SILVER/ 0/ 0
TITANIUM/ 54/ 0
POTASSIUM/ 3/ 1
BORON/ 169/ 57
SILICON/ 2/ 5
SODIUM/ 0/ 31
CALCIUM/ 928/ 1821
MAGNESIUM/ 5/ 62
PHOSPHORUS/ 427/ 618
ZINC/ 514/ 754
BARIUM/ 0/ 0
Sample/ Should Be
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F/ 60.4/ 57-64
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C/ 10.32/ 9.4-11.6
Flashpoint in °F/ 410/ >405
Fuel %/ 0/ Antifreeze %/ 0/ 0
Water %/ 0/ Insolubles %/ 0/ TBN/ 8.2
