Second oil change on my newly acquired semi. First fill using Valvoline Blue.
Still keeping the intervals short as I flush out whatever oil was in there previously and testing the waters to find a good interval for my particular use which includes lots of dusty, dirt yards. The truck gets COVERED with a thick layer of dust daily, so I'm worried about air filtration and oil contamination.
Other then that, I like this truck and this engine.
Refilled with another round of Valvoline Blue 15w40 but kept the dual oil filters installed for another 16k (gonna have 32k total on the oil filters during the next oil change).
Thoughts on the TBN / TAN being so high?
Code
OIL Idemitsu 0w20 Synthetic
MILES IN USE 16,262 miles
MILES on unit 574,880 miles
SAMPLE TAKEN 10/29/2018
Make up Oil 3qts
Universal Average based on 28,000 miles
ALUMINUM 2 4
CHROMIUM 0 0
IRON 4 12
COPPER 1 3
LEAD 0 0
TIN 0 0
MOLYBDENUM 49 44
NICKEL 0 0
MANGANESE 0 0
SILVER 0 0
TITANIUM 6 1
POTASSIUM 0 4
BORON 31 54
SILICON 4 7
SODIUM 5 4
CALCIUM 1531 1720
MAGNESIUM 615 491
PHOSPHORUS 1083 971
ZINC 1203 1125
BARIUM 0 0
Values Should Be*
SUS VIS 210�F 75.3 69-79
cSt @ 212�F 14.34 12.7-15.5
FLASHPOINT �F 430 >415
Fuel %
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES TR
TBN 6.9 >1.0
TAN 6.6
Still keeping the intervals short as I flush out whatever oil was in there previously and testing the waters to find a good interval for my particular use which includes lots of dusty, dirt yards. The truck gets COVERED with a thick layer of dust daily, so I'm worried about air filtration and oil contamination.
Other then that, I like this truck and this engine.
Refilled with another round of Valvoline Blue 15w40 but kept the dual oil filters installed for another 16k (gonna have 32k total on the oil filters during the next oil change).
Thoughts on the TBN / TAN being so high?
Code
OIL Idemitsu 0w20 Synthetic
MILES IN USE 16,262 miles
MILES on unit 574,880 miles
SAMPLE TAKEN 10/29/2018
Make up Oil 3qts
Universal Average based on 28,000 miles
ALUMINUM 2 4
CHROMIUM 0 0
IRON 4 12
COPPER 1 3
LEAD 0 0
TIN 0 0
MOLYBDENUM 49 44
NICKEL 0 0
MANGANESE 0 0
SILVER 0 0
TITANIUM 6 1
POTASSIUM 0 4
BORON 31 54
SILICON 4 7
SODIUM 5 4
CALCIUM 1531 1720
MAGNESIUM 615 491
PHOSPHORUS 1083 971
ZINC 1203 1125
BARIUM 0 0
Values Should Be*
SUS VIS 210�F 75.3 69-79
cSt @ 212�F 14.34 12.7-15.5
FLASHPOINT �F 430 >415
Fuel %
Antifreeze 0.0 0.0
WATER 0.0
INSOLUBLES TR
TBN 6.9 >1.0
TAN 6.6
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