I thought that I would share the results of the last oil change on my Civic. The oil used was 3 qts of 5W-20 Pennzoil Platinum and 1 qt of 0W-20 Subaru branded Idemitsu SM that I had on hand. The Maintenance Minder was at 15% oil life remaining when changed. The previous fill was 100% Pennzoil Platinum 5W-20 for comparison.
I decided to use 5W-20 as opposed to 0W-20 as I don't think that there is a significant advantage to using the later in a climate where it rarely drops below freezing and is often quite hot. It would be good if the higher Viscosity Index were the result of a better base oil, but perhaps not so good if it is the result of a higher percentage of VI Improver in the mix.
This is the last oil analysis that I plan to perform on this car as the results appear acceptable to me, and I used my last Blackstone sample kit.
Cheers,
Jeff
OIL Penplat PenPlat Toyota Honda Univ
GRADE 5W20 5W20 0w20 0w20 Avg
MILES IN USE 7529 5782 6033 5742
MILES 28119 20860 15078 9045
SAMPLE TAKEN 5/18/14 11/24/136/9/13 11/10/12
ALUMINUM 14 16 25 14 8
CHROMIUM 0 0 0 0 0
IRON 7 6 12 8 8
COPPER 1 2 4 5 0
LEAD 0 0 0 0 0
TIN 0 2 1 2 1
MOLYBDENUM 61 63 185 662 72
NICKEL 0 0 0 0 0
MANGANESE 1 1 1 1 1
SILVER 0 0 0 0 0
TITANIUM 0 0 0 0 2
POTASSIUM 0 0 0 5 14
BORON 27 5 10 35 43
SILICON 16 17 26 45 16
SODIUM 4 7 5 0 44
CALCIUM 2224 2237 2220 1850 2104
MAGNESIUM 12 13 20 7 175
PHOSPHORUS 564 566 767 697 669
ZINC 661 633 934 839 774
BARIUM 0 0 0 0 0
SUS VIS 210ºF 48.9 51.3 52.2 51.4
cSt @ 212ºF 6.93 7.66 7.94 7.70
FLASHPOINT ºF 420 370 410 405
FUEL ANTIFREEZE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
INSOLUBLES TR 0.1 0.2 0.3
TBN 4.6 2.6 2.6 0.2
FILTER Honda Purolat Honda Honda
A02 PL14610 A02 A02
I decided to use 5W-20 as opposed to 0W-20 as I don't think that there is a significant advantage to using the later in a climate where it rarely drops below freezing and is often quite hot. It would be good if the higher Viscosity Index were the result of a better base oil, but perhaps not so good if it is the result of a higher percentage of VI Improver in the mix.
This is the last oil analysis that I plan to perform on this car as the results appear acceptable to me, and I used my last Blackstone sample kit.
Cheers,
Jeff
OIL Penplat PenPlat Toyota Honda Univ
GRADE 5W20 5W20 0w20 0w20 Avg
MILES IN USE 7529 5782 6033 5742
MILES 28119 20860 15078 9045
SAMPLE TAKEN 5/18/14 11/24/136/9/13 11/10/12
ALUMINUM 14 16 25 14 8
CHROMIUM 0 0 0 0 0
IRON 7 6 12 8 8
COPPER 1 2 4 5 0
LEAD 0 0 0 0 0
TIN 0 2 1 2 1
MOLYBDENUM 61 63 185 662 72
NICKEL 0 0 0 0 0
MANGANESE 1 1 1 1 1
SILVER 0 0 0 0 0
TITANIUM 0 0 0 0 2
POTASSIUM 0 0 0 5 14
BORON 27 5 10 35 43
SILICON 16 17 26 45 16
SODIUM 4 7 5 0 44
CALCIUM 2224 2237 2220 1850 2104
MAGNESIUM 12 13 20 7 175
PHOSPHORUS 564 566 767 697 669
ZINC 661 633 934 839 774
BARIUM 0 0 0 0 0
SUS VIS 210ºF 48.9 51.3 52.2 51.4
cSt @ 212ºF 6.93 7.66 7.94 7.70
FLASHPOINT ºF 420 370 410 405
FUEL ANTIFREEZE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
INSOLUBLES TR 0.1 0.2 0.3
TBN 4.6 2.6 2.6 0.2
FILTER Honda Purolat Honda Honda
A02 PL14610 A02 A02