Here's a VOA report for the sample of the virgin Mobile 1 5W50 I recently had tested. It's a light 50 grade, but looks to have a pretty good additive package with a high (13.1) TBN. The Zn and P numbers match really well with their advertised spec of 1100 and 1000 ppm respectively. Perhaps Blackstone Labs finally got their equipment calibrated correctly.
Code:
OIL M1 5W50
MILES IN USE 0
MILES 0
SAMPLE TAKEN 4/20/11
ALUMINUM 0
CHROMIUM 0
IRON 1
COPPER 0
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 99
NICKEL 0
MANGANESE 0
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 239
SILICON 8
SODIUM 4
CALCIUM 3233
MAGNESIUM 16
PHOSPHORUS 1008
ZINC 1173
BARIUM 0
INSOLUBLES 0.0
WATER 0.0
FLASHPOINT ºF 425
SUS VIS 210ºF 85.8
cSt @ 212ºF 16.95
TBN 13.1
Code:
OIL M1 5W50
MILES IN USE 0
MILES 0
SAMPLE TAKEN 4/20/11
ALUMINUM 0
CHROMIUM 0
IRON 1
COPPER 0
LEAD 0
TIN 0
MOLYBDENUM 99
NICKEL 0
MANGANESE 0
SILVER 0
TITANIUM 0
POTASSIUM 0
BORON 239
SILICON 8
SODIUM 4
CALCIUM 3233
MAGNESIUM 16
PHOSPHORUS 1008
ZINC 1173
BARIUM 0
INSOLUBLES 0.0
WATER 0.0
FLASHPOINT ºF 425
SUS VIS 210ºF 85.8
cSt @ 212ºF 16.95
TBN 13.1
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