Miles on Civic--534,093
Miles on oil-----9,457
Amsoil 0W-30 AZO
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Amsoil EaO36 oil filter
Twin Filtermag CT3.2's
Dimple magnetic oil drain plug
5ozs LiquiMoly
41 ozs makeup oil
Blackstone Labs; The Particle Counts read a bit cleaner this time, at 15/14/12. Maybe that's because this was a shorter oil change,
though you had a sample with just under 10,000 miles on it with a higher PC. Maybe you did something different with filtration. In any
case, this is a good PC reading. Wear looks great too. We're still seeing potassium, and silicon is higher, though neither one seems
to be causing any wear problems. We're not sure if potassium is coolant or not, but if it is, some engines can go ages without that ever
developing into a full-blown issue. Check back
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Aluminum------2-----------------4 (universal average based on 3,500 mile OCI)
Chromium-----1------------------1
Iron--------------17----------------9
Copper----------4-----------------3
Lead--------------2----------------2
Tin----------------0-----------------1
Molybdenum---332--------------85
Nickel------------0-----------------0
Manganese-----0-----------------0
Silver--------------0----------------0
Titanium----------0-----------------1
Potassium--------54--------------4
Boron--------------50--------------51
Silicon--------------47-------------121
Sodium-------------16--------------43
Calcium------------1466-----------2132
Magnesium--------937------------154
Phosphorus--------888------------714
Zinc-------------------996-----------833
Barium---------------0----------------0
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SUS Viscosity @ 210F---------63------------------------57-67(values should be)
cST Viscosity @ 100C----------11.07--------------------9.4-12.4
Flashpoint in F---------------------385--------------------->385
Fuel %--------------------------------trace------------------- Antifreeze %-------------------------?------------------------0.0
Water %--------------------------------0.0-------------------- Insolubles %--------------------------0.3-------------------- TBN-------------------------------------2.9-------------------->1.0
Particle counts for ISO code 15/14/12;
>=2 microns----------454
>=5----------------------168
>=10--------------------46
>=15--------------------18
>=25--------------------4
>=50--------------------0
>=100------------------0