UOA 10K OCI 70K on Engine - Excellium DID
I was a little alarmed at the iron number on this one. My historical numbers for FE have been all in the 40s for previous two 10K OCIs. I must confess that I drove like a maniac for much of this OCI, so I am hoping my right foot is more to blame for the wear than something going south in the engine. I would have done a cleansing change as soon as I got this report this morning, but I just put in that SPENSIVE Mobil stuff, so I'll have to hold my breath for 5K. Welcome your comments.
2006 Golf TDI
Miles on oil - 10,000
Miles on unit - 70,000
Elf Excellium DID 5W/40 VW 505.01
Blackstone Labs
Aluminum - 4
Chromium -2
Iron - 94
Copper - 3
Lead - 4
Tin - 0
Molybdenum - 1
Nickel - 1
Manganese - 1
Silver - 0
Titanium - 0
Potassium - 4
Boron - 43
Silicon - 3
Sodium - 7
Calcium - 1859
Magnesium - 40
Phosphorus - 742
Zinc - 895
Barium - 0
Visc - 66.8 (SUS - 210F)
Flashpt - 435
Fuel <0.5
Antifreeze - 0
Water- 0
Insolubles - 0.4
Comments:
WAYNE: Running 10,000 miles on this oil should not be a problem for your Golf, but you may want to throw in a shorter oil change every now and then to give the engine a breather. Iron read high, and we presume it's simply accumulated metal from the long oil changes. It could also be a problem at a steel part, but for now we'll give the engine the benefit of the doubt. Run 5000 - 7500 miles for your next oil change. Iron should come down. The other metals all look good and no contaminents were present. The oil did contain soot, which we'll keep an eye on.