SUNRG said:
combining the
- extra liter of oil capacity and "super-filtration" a bypass adds with
- a full syntheic CI4+ oil
- in a VE TDI
according to someone's theory, optimal oil performance over 20k+ OCIs should be possible.
YEs, and I believe that some on this forum ( in the Bypass oil thread) have said that their oil was good after 15,000 miles...and more.
if it were my TDI - i would send a sample to the lab after the CRV has been in for 5k to see how it's doing. what was the soot concentration on this UOA?
I will do that....thanks for the advice.
as to soot, I called Blackstone, and they said that they did not measure quantitatively the soot......but used the visual inspection method...and mine had a thin layer...but still clear enough to see through the beaker . I am not sure what that means...but according to them....the soot level was apparently not a concern.
Also, I may have incorrectly labeled the oil as 5W-30....so viscosity seemed off . They corrected it to 5w-40 yesterday....so actually the measured viscosities at 210 F and 100 C were all within normal range...
Conclusion was that Iron seemed a bit high at 60...so were lead and silicone....probably due to air filter....
I changed out the air filter...and will do another oil analysis in 6 months....