Royal Purple 5W-20
-41,593 total miles on vehicle, 2004 Mazda RX8, 1.3L Renesis Rotary, 4 spd AT
-4 qt oil at change (hot), capacity is 7 quarts, 0.5 qt added during interval
-LC added at 2 oz per Qt oil at fill, 3 oz total added per 1000 mi.
-93 octane gasoline, 1 oz Fuel Power added per 5 gal
-Mobil 1 M-110 oil filter
-Factory paper air filter
-Lab is Blackstone
-UOA#1 2072 mi on oil Motorcraft 5W-20 SL/GF-3, in service 3 months, sample date 5-1-05, 11008mi total
-UOA#2 2356 mi on oil Motorcraft 5W-20 SM/GF-4, in service 2 months, sample date 8-13-05, 15853mi total
-UOA#3 2281 mi on oil Havoline 5w-20 SM/GF-4, in service 2 months, sample date 01-21-06, 23151mi total
-UOA#4 2133 mi on oil Royal Purple 5W-20, in service 3 months, sample date on 04-21-07, 41593mi total
Element.....UOA#1..........UOA#2...........UOA#3........UOA#4
Aluminum.......1...............1...............1..........3
Chromium.......4...............2...............3..........8
Iron............23..............13..............22.........35
Copper........10...............3...............4..........1
Lead...........2...............1...............2..........4
Tin.............0...............1...............0..........0
Molybdenum.36............30............270.........84
Nickel..........0...............0...............0..........0
Manganese....0...............0...............0..........0
Silver..........0...............0...............0..........0
Titanium.......0...............0...............0..........0
Potassium......0...............0...............1..........0
Boron..........2.............174.............124.........33
Silicon.........4...............5...............8.........10
Sodium.........2...............1...............2..........0
Calcium......1520...........1556............2105.......1633
Magnesium......6...............5.............419........809
Phosphorus..579.............527.............678........704
Zinc.........718.............662.............812........880
Barium.........0...............0...............0..........0
Properties
SUS @ 210F..51.6............48.1............48.4.......52.5
Flashpoint...345.............345.............290........320
Fuel........1.3%............1.0%............3.3%.......1.8%
Antifreeze..0.0..............0.0...............0..........0
Water.......0.0..............0.0...............0..........0
Insolubles..0.1..............0.2.............0.3........0.3
TBN.............................................3.7........2.5
I did not think this was a good report. Iron, Chromium, Lead, and Aluminum are all up. Changes will be made in the oil and adds. My thanks to Terry Dyson for his analysis on this unit.
All comments welcome!
-41,593 total miles on vehicle, 2004 Mazda RX8, 1.3L Renesis Rotary, 4 spd AT
-4 qt oil at change (hot), capacity is 7 quarts, 0.5 qt added during interval
-LC added at 2 oz per Qt oil at fill, 3 oz total added per 1000 mi.
-93 octane gasoline, 1 oz Fuel Power added per 5 gal
-Mobil 1 M-110 oil filter
-Factory paper air filter
-Lab is Blackstone
-UOA#1 2072 mi on oil Motorcraft 5W-20 SL/GF-3, in service 3 months, sample date 5-1-05, 11008mi total
-UOA#2 2356 mi on oil Motorcraft 5W-20 SM/GF-4, in service 2 months, sample date 8-13-05, 15853mi total
-UOA#3 2281 mi on oil Havoline 5w-20 SM/GF-4, in service 2 months, sample date 01-21-06, 23151mi total
-UOA#4 2133 mi on oil Royal Purple 5W-20, in service 3 months, sample date on 04-21-07, 41593mi total
Element.....UOA#1..........UOA#2...........UOA#3........UOA#4
Aluminum.......1...............1...............1..........3
Chromium.......4...............2...............3..........8
Iron............23..............13..............22.........35
Copper........10...............3...............4..........1
Lead...........2...............1...............2..........4
Tin.............0...............1...............0..........0
Molybdenum.36............30............270.........84
Nickel..........0...............0...............0..........0
Manganese....0...............0...............0..........0
Silver..........0...............0...............0..........0
Titanium.......0...............0...............0..........0
Potassium......0...............0...............1..........0
Boron..........2.............174.............124.........33
Silicon.........4...............5...............8.........10
Sodium.........2...............1...............2..........0
Calcium......1520...........1556............2105.......1633
Magnesium......6...............5.............419........809
Phosphorus..579.............527.............678........704
Zinc.........718.............662.............812........880
Barium.........0...............0...............0..........0
Properties
SUS @ 210F..51.6............48.1............48.4.......52.5
Flashpoint...345.............345.............290........320
Fuel........1.3%............1.0%............3.3%.......1.8%
Antifreeze..0.0..............0.0...............0..........0
Water.......0.0..............0.0...............0..........0
Insolubles..0.1..............0.2.............0.3........0.3
TBN.............................................3.7........2.5
I did not think this was a good report. Iron, Chromium, Lead, and Aluminum are all up. Changes will be made in the oil and adds. My thanks to Terry Dyson for his analysis on this unit.
All comments welcome!