This is an oil that we are looking into for our race cars.
Does anyone know where 14 ppm of nickel would come from in a virgin oil sample? What about the vanadium and barium?
The base oil is a blend of 1-decene, homopolymer PAO and 1-decene, trimer PAO. The ZDDP is short-chained secondary type. The moly is all tri-nuclear.
Let me know what you think.
EDIT: The VOA seems difficult to read on here when loaded. Here's the data.
Iron: 0
Chromium: 1
Nickel: 14
Aluminum: 0
Copper: 3
Lead: 0
Tin: 0
Cadmium: 0
Silver: 0
Vanadium: 4
Silicon: 23
Sodium: 17
Potassium: 0
Titanium: 0
Molybdenum: 1747
Antimony: 0
Manganese: 0
Lithium: 0
Boron: 118
Magnesium: 4
Calcium: 2488
Barium: 8
Phosphorus: 790
Zinc: 947
KV100 = 10.2 cSt
TBN = 8.72
Oxidation = 11
Nitration = 5
This is a VIRGIN oil sample, not used. OAI screwed that up so ignore the comments.
Does anyone know where 14 ppm of nickel would come from in a virgin oil sample? What about the vanadium and barium?
The base oil is a blend of 1-decene, homopolymer PAO and 1-decene, trimer PAO. The ZDDP is short-chained secondary type. The moly is all tri-nuclear.
Let me know what you think.
EDIT: The VOA seems difficult to read on here when loaded. Here's the data.
Iron: 0
Chromium: 1
Nickel: 14
Aluminum: 0
Copper: 3
Lead: 0
Tin: 0
Cadmium: 0
Silver: 0
Vanadium: 4
Silicon: 23
Sodium: 17
Potassium: 0
Titanium: 0
Molybdenum: 1747
Antimony: 0
Manganese: 0
Lithium: 0
Boron: 118
Magnesium: 4
Calcium: 2488
Barium: 8
Phosphorus: 790
Zinc: 947
KV100 = 10.2 cSt
TBN = 8.72
Oxidation = 11
Nitration = 5
This is a VIRGIN oil sample, not used. OAI screwed that up so ignore the comments.
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