Castrol Edge FST 10W-30, 3068 miles, 2004 S2000

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Castrol Edge FST with Titanium 10w-30. No make-up oil (ever).
Honda F22C1 engine (stock/NA) WITH AFE PRO DRY air filter and Honda 15400-pcx004 oil filter.
Shell V-Power 93 E10 fuel used mostly, with LE LX-2300 fuel additive added every 1000 miles.
New DENSO OEM O2 sensors installed just after this fill went into service. I think it may have helped with fuel dilution issue on previous UOA. My driving style hadn't changed.
I had planned to sell this car due to recent health issues. This UOA was to help document DIY maintenace for the prosective buyer, since the car has a 100k mile extended warranty. Unfortunately for the prospect buyer, I've decided to keep the car. It is good medicine!

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Castrol FST 10W-30 Castrol FST 5W-30 Castrol FST 5W-30 LE8130 10W-30 Castrol Syntec 0W-30 PP (EOP) 10W-30 ML SYN 10W-30 Universal Avg

3,068/68,328 miles 3,374/65,260 miles 3258/61,886 miles 4726/58,628 miles 5210/51,652 miles 5,000/29,988 miles 3,830/14,835 miles 4,500 miles

6/30/2013 8/16/2012 12/8/2011 4/8/2011 12/1/2009 8/23/2006 1/26/2005 2013

Blackstone Polaris Dyson/MRT Dyson/MRT Dyson/MRT Blackstone Blackstone Blackstone



Iron 4 5 4 6 14 3 5 8

Copper 4 2 4 8 7 3 5 4

Tin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lead 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2

Chromium 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Nickel 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Aluminum 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 4

Titanium 50 47 36 0 0 0 0 1

Silver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Calcium 842 811 571 1036 1537 2312 4203 2139

Magnesium 1750 1478 1253 912 458 9 13 286

Zinc 984 928 936 1288 1063 735 845 872

Phophorus 731 683 569 934 1017 624 714 745

Barium 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Molybdenum 88 83 72 34 0 47 218 132

Antimony na 0 0 0 0 na na na

Silicon 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 9

Sodium 3 2 5 13 23 5 2 39

Boron 44 38 24 0 1 0 6 57

Potassium 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2

Manganese 0 0 na na na 0 4 0

Vanadium na 0 0 0 0 na na

V40C na na 51.8 56.5 59.3 na na

V100C 9.3 9.5 9.3 9.6 10.2 10.21 10.18

TAN na na 2.07 3.73 3.08 na na

Flash 400F na 270F 280F 260F 390F 395F

Oxidation na 9 16 31 19 na na

Nitration na 8 9 11 12 na na

KF# na na 367 482 528 na na

TBN na 5.78 6.9 4.8 4.9 3.0 4.9

Fuel%
Soot na na 0 0 0 na na

Glycol 0.0 na 0.056 0 0.23 0.0 0.0

Insolubles 0.0 na na na na 0.3 0.3

Vindex na na 164 155 162 na na

Sulfate BP na na 22 31 23 na na
 
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Sorry about the misalignment. I did the best I could with WORD. Maybe someone can fix with better software. Thanks.
 
Looks like you could do a 1 yr oci no problem.

But, I'm a bit Worried about whats in the LX2300 additive and the new 02 sensors - are those wide-band thin film style?
 
1 year was the plan. Was just trying to help out the prospective new owner. I'm also looking for things to do on my vehicles while I mend.

The old original O2 sensors were getting pretty lazy according to my Actron CP9580. I've never heard of LX-2300 hurting O2 sensors. Have you?
 
Looks like I got the formatting fixed; check and see if everything lines up as you intended. Still needs some tuning up but I'm short on time; will try to return later and continue. Hope the attributes are at least close now. -MOD
 
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Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Nice tracking of results.

5K OCI would be my suggestion and stick with the 5W-30 grade.


5k OCI would be great. I don't drive the car that much in a year anymore though. I don't like to go that long without lifting the car and having a look around. If I take the time to jack it, something is getting drained and filled.

It looks to me that the Edge FST 5w-30 and 10w-30 are the same product, just different labels. I've heard of oil companies doing this before.
 
Originally Posted By: dnewton3
Looks like I got the formatting fixed; check and see if everything lines up as you intended. Still needs some tuning up but I'm short on time; will try to return later and continue. Hope the attributes are at least close now. -MOD


Thank you Sir. Still some issues, but readable now.
 
Originally Posted By: INDYMAC
Originally Posted By: CATERHAM

It looks to me that the Edge FST 5w-30 and 10w-30 are the same product, just different labels. I've heard of oil companies doing this before.

Yes it does happen, although it is breaking the rules.
One easy way to find out is to request a KV40 test with with the oil analysis.
 
The published specs are different. It is the same oil add pack wise and both being 30 grades I'd pretty much expect them to look alike on a UOA, if they ran cst@40 I imagine the difference would show up.
 
Here's my latest UOA with Castrol FST 10W-30 by Polaris Labs Houston.
stock 2004 AP2 F22C1
5/24/2014 sample
11 months in service (3,693 miles) 72,021 miles total

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Iron 3

Chromium 0

Nickel 0

Aluminum 1

Copper 5

Tin 0

Cadmium 0

Silver 0

Vanadium 0

Silicon 6

Sodium 0

Potassium 6

Titanium 43

Molybdenum 76

Antimony 0

Manganese 0

Lithium 0

Boron 26

Mag 1304

Calcium 692

Barium 0

Phosphorous 547

Zinc 743

Fuel dilution
Soot
Water
V100C 10.0 cSt

TBN 5.30

Oxidation 11

Nitration 10

No make-up oil

I tried to make it a 1 year OCI, but had the car on jack stands to bleed the brakes in preparation for new pads. So the oil got drained too! 5 more quarts of FST 10W-30 went back in with a Honda 15400-PCX-004 oil filter.
 
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How's your engine looking under the oil cap since running edge ti? Bright and shiny or does it have a discoloration to it?
 
Difficult to see much. Just one cam lobe and it looks silver...no discoloration. Have you had trouble with this?
 
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