Motul 5W30 X-Clean+ 2021 VW Atlas 2.0T

[edyvw]

Here is the first UOA for Atlas.
Oil had 5,182mls. It was put in around 25,000mls on the clock and replaced at 30,582mls.
This batch was a road trip batch, 4,073mls. The car was loaded and had a Yakima bike rack with three bikes, a Yakima roof box. Of those 4,073mls, 3,000 approx. were open roads, around 1,000 city. After that, around 1,000 was mostly city driving. Oil temperatures were reaching 260f over some mountain passes.
As you can see, the report looks good. Oil is not AP or MB229.52 (it carries BMW LL04, VW 504.00/507.00, MB 229.51, and Porsche C30), but calcium is on the lower side. No added oil! TAN is a bit higher than TBN. Not sure whether oil has some Esters.
I know @svenson is interested in this.

 

[930.engineering]

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Fe 8 ppm, Al 3 ppm, Cu 1 ppm - excellent!
What's its KV100 when fresh?
260°F? Scary . . .
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[edyvw]

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Fe 8 ppm, Al 3 ppm, Cu 1 ppm - excellent!
What's its KV100 when fresh?
260°F? Scary . . .
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I think KV100 is around 12. I will check.
Yeah, we were full and some passes I was pushing hard were around 11,000ft altitude. Not much density at that altitude to dissipate heat.
I was expecting higher wear and lower KV100.

 

[fantastic]

Well your trip machine didn't sweat for too long. Very good results.

 

[KEVINK0000]

Great report.

Did the 2021 change the timing chain/tensioner design/part # from previous years?

 

[edyvw]

Great report.

Did the 2021 change the timing chain/tensioner design/part # from previous years?

Tensioner was updated in mid 2012. I did that on Tiguan.

 

[Graham Piccinini]

Tensioner was updated in mid 2012. I did that on Tiguan.

Had it fail on a 2013 Tiguan.

 

[edyvw]

Had it fail on a 2013 Tiguan.

Maybe it was previous one? I know after that it is rare. Or it could be one of those freak failures.
I did 126k on 2010 VW CC without changing tensioner. Actually on that engine water pump was never changed too.

 

[Kalle.J]

+10 points for listing the oil specs