2nd Oil change, one year after purchase. Analysis by OAI.
First data = 5,000 mile sample / second data = 3,916 miles 8,916 on vehicle. Fuel used this interval was 100% Arco ECD-1 ULSD. Driving is 80% city, 20% highway. NewBeetle TDI, 5 speed transmission.
Spectrochemical ppm
Iron 111 / 30
Chromium 5 / 2
Lead 35 / 10
Copper 28 / 12
Tin 0 / 0
Aluminum 30 / 8
Nickel 11 / 4
Silver 0 / 0
Silicon 26 / 7
Boron 5 / 2
Sodium 10 / 5
Magnesium 25 / 28
Calcium 3406 / 3640
Barium 0 / 0
Phosphorous 1005 / 1024
Zinc 1227 / 1260
Molybdenum 1 / 0
Titanium 0 / 0
Vanadium 0 / 0
Potassium 0 / 0
Physical Properties
Fuel %vol VIS @ 40C cst NA / NA
VIS @ 100C cst 9.78 / 11.06
Water %vol 0 / 0
Soot/Solids %wt 0.2 / 0.1
Glycol NEG / NEG
TBN 6.46 / 9.33
OXID N/A / 22.0
NITR N/A / 8.0
F-Soot 0.20 / 0.18
Comments? Thanks!
-tapokata
First data = 5,000 mile sample / second data = 3,916 miles 8,916 on vehicle. Fuel used this interval was 100% Arco ECD-1 ULSD. Driving is 80% city, 20% highway. NewBeetle TDI, 5 speed transmission.
Spectrochemical ppm
Iron 111 / 30
Chromium 5 / 2
Lead 35 / 10
Copper 28 / 12
Tin 0 / 0
Aluminum 30 / 8
Nickel 11 / 4
Silver 0 / 0
Silicon 26 / 7
Boron 5 / 2
Sodium 10 / 5
Magnesium 25 / 28
Calcium 3406 / 3640
Barium 0 / 0
Phosphorous 1005 / 1024
Zinc 1227 / 1260
Molybdenum 1 / 0
Titanium 0 / 0
Vanadium 0 / 0
Potassium 0 / 0
Physical Properties
Fuel %vol VIS @ 40C cst NA / NA
VIS @ 100C cst 9.78 / 11.06
Water %vol 0 / 0
Soot/Solids %wt 0.2 / 0.1
Glycol NEG / NEG
TBN 6.46 / 9.33
OXID N/A / 22.0
NITR N/A / 8.0
F-Soot 0.20 / 0.18
Comments? Thanks!
-tapokata