Pennzoil Platinum 5W30, 4050 miles, 04 Lexus RX330

[newtoncd8]

Here is an analysis of our 2004 Lexus RX330 V6 with 87,500 miles. I ran Pennzoil Platinum (PP) 5W30 (4 quarts), PP 10W30 (1 quart) with a Mobil 1 oil filter. The car didn't use any oil during the 4,050 miles. The reason I changed was because I was at the 6 month mark. Typical stop-n-go Denver, CO driving.

Previous runs were Mobil 1 EP, but Terry wasn't that impressed, so I moved over to PP.

Anyone see anything unusual with this sample???

 

[02zx9r]

This run looks better than the other two samples on there. What were the other two runs of?

Stayed in grade pretty good. Nice flashpoint. Looks good

You gonna stick with PP?

 

[02zx9r]

I see you were in the process of editing while I was asking my ?'s.

Answered them all.

 

[newtoncd8]

Thinking about moving to Schaeffer's 5W30 .... still undecided.

 

[02zx9r]

Just to see how it performs or not all that happy with Pen Plat?

 

[newtoncd8]

I like the fact they are a small company, how they are active on this board (both posts and support) as well as the fact that the UOA's are usually excellent. The only pain is I have to mail order it, but we will see.

 

[newtoncd8]

Oh, I forgot to mention, I ran 8 ounces of Tufoil during this 4,000 mile interval.

 

[bruce381]

lloks fine why change hard to do better
bruce

 

[GMBoy]

Originally Posted By: Curtis Newton
Oh, I forgot to mention, I ran 8 ounces of Tufoil during this 4,000 mile interval.


I was wondering how that MOLY reading was so high!

 

[Brett Miller]

That oil still looks new!

 

[Johnny]

Originally Posted By: bruce381
lloks fine why change hard to do better
bruce



Originally Posted By: Brett Miller
That oil still looks new!


I agree with both of these comments. Everything is on spec. If you have Platinum in it now and the next UOA looks like this, bottle it up and ship it to me. I'll use it.

 

[newtoncd8]

Thanks for all of the feedback.

 

[Al]

Well..wear per 1000 miles..it did worse than Mobil.

 

[newtoncd8]

Originally Posted By: Al
Well..wear per 1000 miles..it did worse than Mobil.



Would you mind educating me a bit on how do you determine that? Thanks.

 

[Bebop367]

By the math I believe you are correct.