Mobile 1 5W50 VOA

[SIXSPEED]

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.

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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

 

[190E26FTW]

Thanks for doing the VOA on this oil as I have been hunting around for specs for a while.

Where are you able to purchase this oil?

 

[SIXSPEED]

Originally Posted By: 190E26FTW
Thanks for doing the VOA on this oil as I have been hunting around for specs for a while.

Where are you able to purchase this oil?

Here's where I purchased the M1:

 

[JasonBraswell]

Is this SN or SM oil?

 

[BigCahuna]

The ad for it states its a Sm,Sl,Sj,Cf rated oil. But the ads date at the bottom of the page says 2004.,,

 

[SIXSPEED]

Originally Posted By: JasonBraswell
Is this SN or SM oil?

SM

 

[buster]

The folks at Mercedes love this oil.

 

[volk06]

Does anyone know if this meets the B spec for ford mustangs that require 5w-50?

 

[SIXSPEED]

Originally Posted By: volk06
Does anyone know if this meets the B spec for ford mustangs that require 5w-50?

No it does not, the 1000 ppm Phosphorous concentration exceeds the maximum 800 ppm allowed by the spec. Motorcraft 5W50 motor oil is the only oil I'm aware of that bears the B-spec label. Castrol Syntec probably meets the spec, but doesn't carry the label.

 

[A_Harman]

Syntec 5w50 also has too much phosphorous to meet the Ford spec.

 

[SIXSPEED]

Originally Posted By: A_Harman
Syntec 5w50 also has too much phosphorous to meet the Ford spec.

That's true for Castrol's new Edge formula, but their API SM formula had less than 800ppm of P.

 

[zoli]

Originally Posted By: SIXSPEED

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


Thx for this great VOA!
Actually, available quality here a little bit different: TBN number (11.8) is lower, but viscosity (17.5) is higher. Probably reason could the uncertainty of measurement.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnCRLKjwWcpPdEJyVEtlc041TjVVUjJ1U01FMUx1VVE#gid=0