Kendall GT1 5w-30, F150 Ecoboost 4240mi

[lucaq]

Originally Posted By: GBL

I should go 7000 miles and forget the testing.....but then why would I be on this site? I'm sure I waste more time here than 10 times any possible savings but I'd miss all the fun!


This guy is in touch with reality!

Great thread guys, always nice to learn more about forced induction lubrication, both concept and in practice. I am especially interested in this gasoline application for the EB motor.

 

[GBL]

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Halvoline Kendall

Syn. Blnd

5w/30 5w/30

Sample DT 2/19/13 9/05/14

Miles/Oil 9443 9570

Miles/Unit 45303 97350

Make Up Oil 0 0

ALUMINUM 8 5

CHROMIUM 1 0

IRON 49 11

COPPER 23 4

LEAD 2 1

TIN 0 0

MOLYBDENUM 40 16

NICKEL 1 1

MANGANESE 11 2

SILVER 0 0

TITANIUM 1 75

POTASSIUM 9 3

BORON 21 19

SILICON 22 12

SODIUM 103 9

CALCIUM 2092 2094

MAGNESIUM 14 15

PHOSPHORUS 704 695

ZINC 845 788

BARIUM 1 0



SUS @ 210°F 50.6 51.5

cSt @ 100°C 7.45 7.74

Flashpoint 345 325

Fuel % 1.0 1.5

Antifreeze % 0.0 0.0

Water % 0.0 0.0

Insolubles % 0.3 0.3

TBN 0.7 1.7
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The oil on the left was a dino vs. the synthetic blend on the right. I ran the first 43k on the Halvoline and used Express Lube do it at ~6k intervals. For that particular run I waited until the computer told me to change it. After the results I returned to the ~6k OCI.

I then changed to the Kendall blend to see how it would do and had Firestone do it because they've had a great deal of ~$30, tax and all for such. I did one OCI with Kendall at about 7k, then got brave and ran it until the computer said to do it. Keep in mind about 8000 miles on this last OCI were long runs (getting 20 mpg doing an average of >75 mph).

Three observations:

1. The manual says to use a synthetic blend...it helps to read and believe such. (They said the same on my 2002 Screw. I ignored it, used the 5w20 dino at 5k OCI and it was fine when I traded it in at 240k.)
2. In my mind the numbers for the change to a blend almost read to good to be true.
3. Lowered viscosity, flashpoint and relatively high fuel don't seem to bother the blend at all.

I'll run it out to about 10k and do an OCA again.

Thoughts....?

 

[bigt61]

Nice report all in all. The oil looks "beat up" a little but the wear is great. I guess it takes these Ecoboost engines a while to break in and they withstand the dilution well. Thanks for posting the followup.

 

[wemay]

More and more we're seeing that full syns aren't a necessity in turbo'd daily driver applications unless the specs needed, according to the mfr, can only be found in an oil labeled as such. Or unless you live in an extreme environment and/or are looking to extend your OCI significantly.