So I just completed my second oil change on the truck and thought I would share my oil analysis results that I had done for fun. There's currently 6767 miles on the truck, with pretty much exactly 4000 miles on this oil change. After my initial oil change at around 2800 miles, I changed oil from the factory oil to a 5W40 CK-4 oil meeting the ford WSS-M2C171-FI spec . As far as I can tell all wear levels are in the normal range, but it would be nice to compare results if anyone else has had one completed?
The engine is still quite young so i'm sure higher levels of wear might be present during the break in period. In this case my iron (FE) result was 49 ppm. From my research anything over 100 ppm might indicate higher levels of wear so pretty good I guess (although had I done 8000 miles on this oil i'm not sure where this number would be). Another thing to look at would be Silicon (Si) which would indicate dirt intrusion, anything over 20 might indicate that something isn't sealed and dirt is getting in (7 for me). The other thing I am concerned about is insolubles (soot). at 1.1% this seems like it might be high, although i'm not sure what a normal value is. It would be nice to see an analysis from an EGR and DPF deleted truck to see if this level is lower, as this combined with lower FE and other wear indicators would be a good case for doing this. For this analysis however all other wear metals are well within the normal range.
Zn, P, CA, are all related to the oil additive package. The viscosity looks good at 13.3 vs 14.8 in new oil (good to see that things didn't thicken up over time); the trend is thinning however, so i'm much more comfortable with a 5W40 oil over the 5W30 FA-4 oil which is much thinner to begin with. 0 fuel dilution is nice to see, and everything else looks good. Curious to hear your thoughts or see how these numbers compare to any other analyses that have been done.
The oil I used is here: https://klondikelubricants.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KLONDIKE-SAE-5W-40-CK-4-Full-Synthetic-Heavy-Duty-Engine-Oil-PDS.pdf
Cheers.
The engine is still quite young so i'm sure higher levels of wear might be present during the break in period. In this case my iron (FE) result was 49 ppm. From my research anything over 100 ppm might indicate higher levels of wear so pretty good I guess (although had I done 8000 miles on this oil i'm not sure where this number would be). Another thing to look at would be Silicon (Si) which would indicate dirt intrusion, anything over 20 might indicate that something isn't sealed and dirt is getting in (7 for me). The other thing I am concerned about is insolubles (soot). at 1.1% this seems like it might be high, although i'm not sure what a normal value is. It would be nice to see an analysis from an EGR and DPF deleted truck to see if this level is lower, as this combined with lower FE and other wear indicators would be a good case for doing this. For this analysis however all other wear metals are well within the normal range.
Zn, P, CA, are all related to the oil additive package. The viscosity looks good at 13.3 vs 14.8 in new oil (good to see that things didn't thicken up over time); the trend is thinning however, so i'm much more comfortable with a 5W40 oil over the 5W30 FA-4 oil which is much thinner to begin with. 0 fuel dilution is nice to see, and everything else looks good. Curious to hear your thoughts or see how these numbers compare to any other analyses that have been done.
The oil I used is here: https://klondikelubricants.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KLONDIKE-SAE-5W-40-CK-4-Full-Synthetic-Heavy-Duty-Engine-Oil-PDS.pdf
Cheers.
