'09 Nissan Sentra
2.0
No Make-up oil
15k on oil
100,000 on engine
K&N Oil Filter
MPT Industries (30k Formula)
Blackstone Comments:
Wear metals read pretty high here. This is the third 15,000-mile interval that we've seen, so we're a
little surprised that metals changed so dramatically. Lead is our main concern since it has
changed so dramatically. This is only the second time we've seen this oil & the additives look a little different
than last time. We're not sure if they've been damaged or if these readings are its correct formulation. Watch
for falling oil pressure. Check back in 8,000 miles.
MANGANESE-1
ALUMINUM-8
CHROMIUM-1
IRON-22
COPPER-6
LEAD-16
TIN-2
MOLYBDENUM-686
NICKEL-0
SILVER-0
TITANIUM-0
POTASSIUM-3
BORON-16
SILICON-47
SODIUM-8
CALCIUM-2956
MAGNESIUM-13
PHOSPHORUS-1117
ZINC-927
BARIUM-0
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C-13.63
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F-72.66
Flashpoint in °F-430
Fuel %-.05
Antifreeze %-0.0
Insolubles-0.03
TBN- 0.4
Yikes. Car still runs great, burns no oil, gets 30+ MPG.
I've seen analyses with higher lead, but this car never had a reading of more than 1. I'm sure at some point, it had a fuel system cleaner run through it, so I'm not sure if that affected anything. TBN of 0.4? Ouch.
Refilled with Pennzoil Ultra, Purolator filter, and will stick to a few 10k intervals. The other 15K intervals were with Pennzoil Ultra, Amsoil SSO, and Castrol Edge with Titanium, none of them ended up with a TBN of less than 1.4.
2.0
No Make-up oil
15k on oil
100,000 on engine
K&N Oil Filter
MPT Industries (30k Formula)
Blackstone Comments:
Wear metals read pretty high here. This is the third 15,000-mile interval that we've seen, so we're a
little surprised that metals changed so dramatically. Lead is our main concern since it has
changed so dramatically. This is only the second time we've seen this oil & the additives look a little different
than last time. We're not sure if they've been damaged or if these readings are its correct formulation. Watch
for falling oil pressure. Check back in 8,000 miles.
MANGANESE-1
ALUMINUM-8
CHROMIUM-1
IRON-22
COPPER-6
LEAD-16
TIN-2
MOLYBDENUM-686
NICKEL-0
SILVER-0
TITANIUM-0
POTASSIUM-3
BORON-16
SILICON-47
SODIUM-8
CALCIUM-2956
MAGNESIUM-13
PHOSPHORUS-1117
ZINC-927
BARIUM-0
cSt Viscosity @ 100°C-13.63
SUS Viscosity @ 210°F-72.66
Flashpoint in °F-430
Fuel %-.05
Antifreeze %-0.0
Insolubles-0.03
TBN- 0.4
Yikes. Car still runs great, burns no oil, gets 30+ MPG.
I've seen analyses with higher lead, but this car never had a reading of more than 1. I'm sure at some point, it had a fuel system cleaner run through it, so I'm not sure if that affected anything. TBN of 0.4? Ouch.
Refilled with Pennzoil Ultra, Purolator filter, and will stick to a few 10k intervals. The other 15K intervals were with Pennzoil Ultra, Amsoil SSO, and Castrol Edge with Titanium, none of them ended up with a TBN of less than 1.4.
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