Total Quartz specs, anything cause for concern?

[wolfestone]

Total sent me some extra info on their quartz energy 9000 0w30 oil. I've been using this for 3k miles so far in my BMW and am pretty happy with it, although the valvetrain seems a little noisy. It gets up to temperature faster as I'm able to get an oil level reading from the OBC a couple of miles earlier than the bmw/castrol oil.

I felt like on paper this looked like one of the best approved oils.

I was hoping I could get some feedback as to whether any of these numbers are concerning compared to comparable oils.

Specifically, the HTHS is 3.52, and the BMW approval calls for > 3.5. I'm not sure if it's normal for approved oils to be right on this number (redline for example is at about 3.8, but not approved obviously).


SPECIFIC GRAVITY 15°C kg/m3 ASTM D1298 - 843,2

CCS / T°C mPa.s ASTM D5293 - 5520

VISCOSITY AT 40°C mm²/s ASTM D445 - 68,45

VISCOSITY AT 100°C mm²/s ASTM 445 - 12,18

VISCOSITY INDEX - ASTM D2270 - 170



HTHS VISCOSITY 150°C mPa.s CEC L36-A-90 - 3,52



MRV / T°C mPa.s ASTM D 4684 - 20800

ORBAHN VISCO 100°C mm²/s CEC L14-A-93 - 11,9

NOACK VOLATILITY 250°C % CEC L40-A-93 - 10,0

FLASH POINT (OPEN CUP) °C ASTM D92 - 226

POUR POINT °C ASTM D97 - -54

TAN mgKOH/g ASTM D664 - 2,9

TBN D 2896 mgKOH/g ASTM D2896 - 8,8

TBN D 4739 mgKOH/g ASTM D4739 - 8,1

SULFATED ASH % ASTM D874 - 1,05

Zinc content - 1100 ppm

 

[BobFout]

Not unusual for Euro xw30s to be right on the edge of 3.5. Most are 3.5 to 3.6. Redline 5w30 is a unique beast.

http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENPVLMOMobil_1_ESP_Formula_5W-30.aspx

(several other Euro xw30s from TOTAL, ELF, Fuchs, LM, Pento would have similar specs)

 

[dparm]

It's a pretty good oil, you can use it with confidence. There are several BMW LL/VW 502-505 oils that are similar to it, like Pentosin Pentospeed VS 0w30, Lubro Moly Synthoil Longtime 0w30, Motul 8100 X-Lite 0w30, etc. (all mid-weight 0w30s with HTHS right around 3.5-3.6)