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Old 20-05-2015, 08:45 AM   #1
19jacobob93
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Default Great used oil analysis! AU Forte 4.0. What oil do you use?



Got a used engine oil analysis done on my 2000 AU2 forte 4.0 I6 with 210,000km on the clock.
Oil was Valvoline Engine armour 10w30 run for 7,500km and driven very hard occasionally.
Wear numbers that came back were excellent!
The average wear particle number for Iron should be 100ppm (parts per million) or below. The test on my AU returned just 4ppm!
Copper was also at 4ppm
Lead was only 1ppm
Aluminium was 2ppm

Sodium was high because that's what Valvoline uses in all their oil's add packs.
Silicon (dirt/sand) was a little high cause near the end of this interval I found the crankcase breather hose was off drawing unfiltered air into the engine.

All in all it really surprised me how good it turned out! Mine doesn't use a drop of 10w30 over 7.5k so goes to show you don't need to use a thicker oil just because your engine has 'some kays' on it... Not unless you have low oil pressure anyway.

Made me interested in what oil everyone else is running and in what car?
Cheers

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