08 Forester 2.5 X, 9700 Miles, SuperTech 5W-30

[Al]

Results of 9,700 Mile run on Daughters 08 2.5X. SuperTech Synthetic Oil. 25,700 Miles on vehicle. My daughter is a sales representative and puts on a lot of miles. Maybe only 30% highway which is more impressive. Obviously the Subaru had a hand in it.

One of the Best oil analysis for this mileage
Al..... 3
Cr..... 1
Fe..... 6
Cu..... 4
Pb..... 0
Sn......0

K...... 2
Boron....3

Na..... 234
Ca..... 1977
Mg..... 9
Phos... 579
Zn..... .713

Si.....18

SUS... .56.1
cSt.... 9.10
Flash ..395
Fuel LT .5
H20..... 0
Antifreeze......0
Insol... .3

Very impressive. I probably will stick with this stuff. I think this oil gets no respect.

The oil was drained cold. That obviously hurt the Flash some.

 

[Drew99GT]

Pretty darn good!

Looks like everyone is going to NA for the additive package.

 

[Cutehumor]

I wonder if this mobil light since it has NA. no TBN? I wonder with a 9700 mile run of supertech syn.

 

[buster]

Nice results.

 

[Mamala Bay]

What oil/ oil filter used prior. Is this the first run with the SuperTech?

 

[bluesubie]

Originally Posted By: Al
Obviously the Subaru had a hand in it. ..I think this oil gets no respect.

Great report!

-Dennis

 

[Steve S]

Does the oil container have wpp molded in the bottom ?The uoa is wow!

 

[Gary Allan]

This is like M1 0w-40

"It sheared some, but still delivered excellent results"

Great report.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Mamala Bay
What oil/ oil filter used prior. Is this the first run with the SuperTech?

Changed by the dealer before this change with Citgo 5w30. And I replaced it with SuperTech 5w30 this time also. Glad I did. I don't care for the Sodium it is a possible tracer for glycol. But you take the good with the bad.

Oh yea Subaru Oil filter used for all changes so far.

 

[Steve S]

Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
This is like M1 0w-40

"It sheared some, but still delivered excellent results"

Great report.
Thickens up after some more miles!

 

[Mamala Bay]

Originally Posted By: Al
Results of 9,700 Mile run on Daughters 08 2.5X. SuperTech Synthetic Oil. 25,700 Miles on vehicle. My daughter is a sales representative and puts on a lot of miles. Maybe only 30% highway which is more impressive. Obviously the Subaru had a hand in it.

One of the Best oil analysis for this mileage
Al..... 3
Cr..... 1
Fe..... 6
Cu..... 4
Pb..... 0
Sn......0

K...... 2
Boron....3

Na..... 234
Ca..... 1977
Mg..... 9
Phos... 579
Zn..... .713

Si.....18

SUS... .56.1
cSt.... 9.10
Flash ..395
Fuel LT .5
H20..... 0
Antifreeze......0
Insol... .3

Very impressive. I probably will stick with this stuff. I think this oil gets no respect.

The oil was drained cold. That obviously hurt the Flash some.


That's a lot of mileage for one year with 30% highway miles.

That's 25,700 miles in one year or less. I do know commercial 60/40 going that route basically city driving.

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Mamala Bay

That's 25,700 miles in one year or less. I do know commercial 60/40 going that route basically city driving.


Yea..it might me more than 30%. That was strictly a guess.

 

[Pablo]

Simply an amazing excellent report. A leetle thin, but what the hey, we know that is cool.

 

[FZ1]

Great! Juggle the ocis so you've got cleaner oil in for the winter.

 

[dnewton3]

What? Can it be? A "bargin" brand group III with numbers like these?

This is a great example of how (like beauty) "better" is in the eye of the beholder. It's hard to imageine that any pruduct, regardless of brand/grade/group, would give "better" results; the numbers are simply admirable. There are products that might last LONGER in service, but not perform "better"; i.e. - they likely wouldn't post wear results significantly lower. So VALUE comes into play here. You ran almost 10k miles on a $3/qt oil, and got good numbers to boot. Just can't beat that.

There is no reason to deviate to any other product with such results. While it's possible that some other higher group product (Amsoil; Mobil 1) might perform longer, you got your money's worth and stellar performance to boot. A true "best buy" value that did you right.

 

[bluesubie]

Maybe Al snuck some fresh oil into the sample.

-Dennis

 

[Al]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
Simply an amazing excellent report. A leetle thin, but what the hey, we know that is cool.

Yea Pabs, thinning doesn't seem to hurt anything from what we have seen.

 

[Mannix]

All of the Supertech Synthetics are supplied by WPP countrywide. The conventional supertech has different manufacturers depending on location, with exception of the 5w-20 which is WPP countrywide(like the synthetics)

 

[TeeDub]

Al,

Citgo 5w30?
Isn't that Hugo Chavez' favorite home brew???

I don't think I've ever seen a bad UOA report from a non-turbocharged Sube engine.

 

[Schism]

Well I wish I had seen this report sooner, I would have used this oil in place of the Valvoline Synpower I purchased, and saved around 5-$7. Oh well, maybe in 9k miles or so, depending on my UOA results for my first extended run.