2003 Ford 4.6L CVPI, 96kmi, 10kmi on Pennz HM 5W30

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Conventional Pennzoil HM 5W30.
Oil was in service about 11 months. Took 2 quarts of top up over the course of the 10k miles. Does look like it was about the right time to do a change.
Im not surprised about the fuel. My daily drive to work is about 5 miles one way. This is why I am using 5W30 as opposed to the Ford specified 5W20.
As we are coming into winter, Im starting to use my block heater again. That helps a lot; Its up to a coolant temperature of about 100F when I start it up.
Code


Iron 33

Chromium 1

Nickel 2

Aluminum 4

Copper 4

Lead 2

Tin 0

Silicon 15

Sodium 10

Potassium 2

Titanium 3

Molybdenum 176

Boron 33

Magnesium 561

Calcium 1635

Phosphorous 778

Zinc 936

Fuel 2.0 - GC

Soot
Water
Visc 9.3cSt@100C

TBN 2.49

Oxid 15

Nitr 12


Previous UOA
 
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I notice they cut the moly in half. The copper bottle was between 250-300ppm. Looks like all the SOPUS oils now have in the 170ppm range.
 
I would advocate for using a 5w-20 in this case. It's possible that your shorter drives are not warming the engine up fully, and a thinner lube might do a bit better. Each engine has it's own wear rate, but the species as a whole runs fairly well on most lubes. You might try 5w-20, although your short drive may not be overcome by any lube selection.

For reference, here are my two 4.6L MGMs. I've run both syn and inexpensive dino oil, and get around 1ppm/1k miles of Fe or less.
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4969624/5
 
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Oh, I know its not being warmed up fully. My scanguage doesnt show the cylinder head temperature reaching 190F until Im turning onto the street my work is on.
So I dug back into my reports for my other Vics, 3 total, and Ive never really gotten better than about 3ppm/1k of Fe with a variety of OCIs and oil choice. Usually its worse. I have a habit of leaving tubes disconnected or air box clamp loose. Ive done that on both of my other Vics, and of course wear skyrockets to 10ppm/1kmi Fe, and doesnt normalize from that for 10s of thousands of miles.
Thankfully, I havent had such an incident with this one, yet.
I suspect my duty cycle and use profile is just not very good for them. I could try 5W20 just to see, but it I also think any difference would be lost in the noise.
I probably will just have to live with poor wear until I move or get another job farther away. But, I love my job, so we will see on the first option. I would like to have some place I can put an antenna tower up.
 
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