99 Dodge Dakota Brad Penn Superior Fuel Efficient

[Hullthumper]

Vehicle 1999 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab 2.5 L inline 4 Cylinder
OIL Brad Penn Superior Fuel Efficient 10W30
MILES IN USE 10,147
MILES 227,000
SAMPLE TAKEN 2/14/2016
Make up oil 0

ALUMINUM 3
CHROMIUM 0
IRON 31
COPPER 6
LEAD 1
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 6
NICKEL 1
MANGANESE 0
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 3
BORON 2
SILICON 15
SODIUM 238
CALCIUM 1631
MAGNESIUM 18
PHOSPHORUS 742
ZINC 836
BARIUM 0

INSOLUBLES 0.2
WATER 0.0
FLASHPOINT ºF 385
SUS VIS 210ºF 56.2
cSt @ 212ºF 9.13
TBN 2.4

Blackstones' comments:

Universal averages show typical wear levels for this type of engine after ~4,400 miles on the oil. Copper and iron are on the higher side, and they show wear at steel and brass/bronze parts. But neither is terribly high when you consider the oil change interval, so they're just something to watch as trends develop. The thin viscosity isn't a problem and it wasn't caused
by fuel dilution. Change this oil soon and check back in another 10,000 miles to start wear trends. Overall, this is not a bad first report for your Dakota.

 

[addyguy]

Nice results...personally I wouldn't have gone 10K on an inexpensive dino oil in a hard-working 4-cylinder truck engine, but this definetly turned out fine.

Brad-Penn uses the same add-pack as Valvoline does...

 

[Hullthumper]

Addyguy, the long drain time was an experiment just to see how the oil performed.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
Nice results...personally I wouldn't have gone 10K on an inexpensive dino oil in a hard-working 4-cylinder truck engine, but this definetly turned out fine.

Brad-Penn uses the same add-pack as Valvoline does...
there are only a handfull of companies that make the additive packages.

 

[Brons2]

I think these results are pretty good. Vis maybe a bit thin.