Oil Reports

[Mikie12]

Just a reminder on how important it is to change your oil once in a while.

Note the differences between the virgin oil, and the used sample.

M.

 

[Money Maker]

Looks like your TBN# dropped pretty fast, but nothing wrong with the sample. You could probably double the mileage and still be ok.



What filter(s) are you using?

 

[Money Maker]

do you really only have 9k miles on your truck? If so you will see your numbers change a bit for awhile. Mine read high on copper for the first 90K but eventually all that could be leached was gone.

 

[Mikie12]

Brad; I'm using Strapore filters, and yeah it really only has 9200 on the clock! I have a long commute to work and can't afford to use as a daily driver, I bought a Honda Insight (hybrid) for that.

Blackstone said that after wear-in is complete I should be able to extend run on oil alot longer.

M.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Your Si numbers look pretty high, how good is your air filter?

With my 2001 I normally ran synthetic and changed every 20,000 miles. I didn't do bypass filtration, just Stratapores. My iron numbers were usually in the 30s after 10,000 miles and in the 50s to low 60s at oil change time.

 

[Mikie12]

Vaughn; I kept the stock filter and air box out of an abundance of caution to keep the air coming in as clean as possible. I did however install the PSM "cool" air hose, and the 4" Dia. cold air pick-up hose in the bottom of the box.
When I first saw the reports I was very concerned about it, but was advised to check the induction connections, and seals-and continue to monitor. I also noticed that the virgin sample had some Silicon in it to begin with.
M.

 

[Cal Brewin]

My silicon #s were also high while my engine was "young". Blackstone advised was from engine block casting and subsequent oil changes would flush out the residual silicon. They were right. My #s went from 29 on 1st oil change, 8 on 3rd oil change down now to 4 w/ 20,000 on its last oil change. Here is my latest if interested, posted on BITOG. Tom.



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[Mikie12]

Hey Cal; Thanks for your oil report, and the ref. to Bob's. Thats a really great site, I'm thinking about joining. I have many Q's about oil, in fact after my motor is broke-in I'm thinking about converting to RedLine full syn.
I'll bet the members on Bob's could offer alot of good advise on that.
Hey, your just around the corner, lets hook-up with some brewskis on a Sat. and compare notes.
Take care, Michael.

 

[Johnstra]

Make sure you take a look at Schaeffer when you're investigating oils. Schaeffer makes a great product. I like their 9000 Series full synthetic.

-john