VOA of SPIII

[Cup of Joe]

Results from a virgin bottle of SPIII used is Mitsu, Hyundai and Kias I had in my garage since 04 maybe 05. I shook the crud out of it to make sure it was mixed and this is all that came back. Since there are no other VOA's or UOA's that I could find I thought I would post this one and I am going to do a UOA in July so I needed something for a baseline. OAI did the testing.

Iron 1
Chromium 0
Lead 1
Copper 0
Tin 0
Aluminum 1
Nickel 0
Silver 0
Silicon 1
Boron 66
Sodium 0
Magesium 2
Calcium 71
Barium 0
Phosphorus 232
Zinc 9
Moly 1
Titanium 0
Vanadium 0
Potassium 0
Vis@100 7.41
TBN 2.40

 

[Tempest]

This looks WEAK. TBN 2.4?? Sounds low as well, but we usually see TAN for trannies.

Looking forward to your UOA, and thanks for posting this.

 

[Cup of Joe]

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This looks WEAK. TBN 2.4?? Sounds low as well, but we usually see TAN for trannies.

Looking forward to your UOA, and thanks for posting this.

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I was thinking the same thing, almost no calcium at all

. I'll see how my UOA on the factory fill comes back. This is exactly the fluid my dealer refills with though, if I was to let them do something I can do myself that is.

 

[unDummy]

Boron will make up for some of the lack of other AW/EP additives. Its another Zinc-less ATF(look at Toyo T-IV and Nissan Matic UOAs/VOAs).

Pretty low dose of everything. Look at the Honda Z1 VOA for comparison!

 

[BTLew81]

So....does this confirm Amsoil ATF might be a much better choice for a trans that specs this fluid?

 

[wjdell]

Mitsubishi requires changes and TBN is fine for the 30k. Ash may increase the life but causes wear.