ALUMINUM 0
CHROMIUM 0
IRON 9
COPPER 0
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 0
NICKEL 0
MANGANESE 0
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 0
SILICON 4
SODIUM 0
CALCIUM 2754
MAGNESIUM 120
PHOSPHORUS 795
ZINC 906
BARIUM 0
TBN: 14.5
Vis 65.9 SUS @ 100°C or 11.9 cSt
Flash point: 455
Trace of insolubles
Blackstone's comments: Iron due to rusty pipes somewhere in the distribution line. Should not be any insolubles in virgin oil, but it's not uncommon.
My comments: The iron worries me, and shows why it's always a good idea to do a VOA on an oil you plan to do a UOA on. If you're starting out with 9ppm of iron, you'd want to know that when you get the UOA report. Viscosity at 11.9 is a little lower than published specs (12.1), but probably well within normal manufacturing variance. Published flash point is 460, so Blackstone's reading of 455 is also with manufacturing variance. The additives don't look like anything out of the ordinary, so that high TBN must be coming from the esters in the base oil.
Overall, this looks like a kick-ass oil.
[ May 21, 2003, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: G-Man II ]
CHROMIUM 0
IRON 9
COPPER 0
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 0
NICKEL 0
MANGANESE 0
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 0
SILICON 4
SODIUM 0
CALCIUM 2754
MAGNESIUM 120
PHOSPHORUS 795
ZINC 906
BARIUM 0
TBN: 14.5
Vis 65.9 SUS @ 100°C or 11.9 cSt
Flash point: 455
Trace of insolubles
Blackstone's comments: Iron due to rusty pipes somewhere in the distribution line. Should not be any insolubles in virgin oil, but it's not uncommon.
My comments: The iron worries me, and shows why it's always a good idea to do a VOA on an oil you plan to do a UOA on. If you're starting out with 9ppm of iron, you'd want to know that when you get the UOA report. Viscosity at 11.9 is a little lower than published specs (12.1), but probably well within normal manufacturing variance. Published flash point is 460, so Blackstone's reading of 455 is also with manufacturing variance. The additives don't look like anything out of the ordinary, so that high TBN must be coming from the esters in the base oil.
Overall, this looks like a kick-ass oil.
[ May 21, 2003, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: G-Man II ]