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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 04:26 PM
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Honda S2000 with 18 000kms.
Mobil 1 5W 30 Super Syn, 3500km interval
K&N Oil Filter
Stock Air Filter
1.1L oil top off with 0.3 Litres of 5W 30 TriSyn.
Winter driven for 2 1/2 months with a lot of short trips.
5.2Litre Sump

Wear NORMAL
Contamination NORMAL
Fluid NORMAL
Iron (Fe) 11
Chromium (Cr) 1.0
Nickel (Ni) 0.6
Titanium (Ti) 0.1
Silver (Ag) 0.4
Aluminum (Al) 8.0
Lead (Pb) 0.0
Copper (Cu) 7.7
Tin (Sn) 0.2
Silicon (Si) 7.0
Sodium (Na) 7.4
Potassium (K) 0.0
Boron (B) 178
Barium (Ba) 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo) 79
Magnesium (Mg) 122
Calcium (Ca) 3100
Phosphorus (P) 954
Zinc (Zn) 1185
Sulfur (S) 2011
Manganese (Mn) 106
Vanadium (V) 0.2
Oxid(PA) 61
Nitr(PA) 37
Sulf(PA) 60
Kv@100
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 05:02 PM
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Here is another owner's results:

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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 05:03 PM
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Good God! That must've taken forever to write up.
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Old Mar 20, 2003 | 02:29 AM
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That's why I did a screen shot of my latest analysis (the second post). Everyone gets to see clearly without typos...
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 06:14 AM
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Update:

The first column is with 5W30 and the 10W 30 in the second. Driving conditions are short trips in winter 5W 30 and spring 10W 30. I had one track day with the 10W 30.

Sample Date 03/15/03 Current Abn
Silicon 7.0 6.0
Potassium 0.0 0.0
Sodium 7.4 12
Fuel % <2.0 <2.0
Glycol % <0.02 <0.02
Water % <0.1 <0.1
Soot % --- ---
Sulfation 60 50
Nitration 37 32

Iron 11 13
Nickel 0.6 0.8
Chromium 1.0 0.9
Titanium 0.1 0.0
Copper 7.7 3.8
Aluminum 8.0 9.0
Tin 0.2 0.0
Lead 0.0 0.0
Silver 0.4 0.0

Boron 178 188
Barium 0.1 0.0
Calcium 3100 3013
Magnesium 122 31
Molybdenum 79 84
Sodium 7.4 12
Phosphorus 954 802
Sulfur 2011 1658
Zinc 1185 1042
Visc@40
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 07:42 AM
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Molybdenum! My God. All this time and no one told me.
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 08:05 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by bubbastook
[B]Molybdenum!
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 12:22 PM
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The factory supplied break-in oil contains a relatively high quantity of molybendium. Just FYI.
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 07:28 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by jerrypeterson
[B]The factory supplied break-in oil contains a relatively high quantity of molybendium.
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 12:07 PM
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MOLY is GOOD Love redline
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