Blackstone Oil Analysis Report - 11K miles on Mobil One 0W40

BoneStockS4 · 10-03-2005, 06:19 PM

I know, I know... I should change my oil more often, but overall things aren't too shabby for a car with 81K miles on it! I've pretty much always changed the oil at 10K mile intervals too, always with Mobil One 0W40

FWIW, the car was stage 2 (APRv5.0) with stock intake and paper air filter for those 11K miles. The oil filter was OEM as well.

I'd say 90% of my mileage is highway cruising with 10% "spirited" around town driving. There was definitely a bunch of WOT action right up until it was changed. I also used that Chevron Techron stuff about 3K miles before I changed the oil for the heck of it. I didn't noticed any difference though.

FixedWing · 10-03-2005, 07:06 PM

gk1 · 10-03-2005, 07:36 PM

BoneStockS4 · 10-03-2005, 08:05 PM

gk1 · 10-03-2005, 08:11 PM

I'm just curious as they seem to be changing rapidly over the past few years. The S4 was introduced when SJ was the standard, but now they are instituting GF-4.

http://api-ep.api.org/filelibrary/AP...Guide_2004.pdf

BoneStockS4 · 10-03-2005, 08:21 PM

I do remember that the last time I changed the oil was right around the time they switched over to the new bottle style. In fact, I remember buying 4 old style bottles and 3 new style bottles in two different Walmarts since 0W40 is always short stocked...

This time around I put 4 new style bottles of 0W40 and 3 "Truck and SUV" 5W40 bottles in. I plan to change the oil once I hit 3K miles on the new turbos and finish up with the same mix for another 5K-8K depending on what Blackstone says.

gk1 · 10-03-2005, 08:30 PM

I think the new bottle style is SM, and old bottle is SL.

I'm mostly just curious, as it's my understanding the newer service marks are designed more around environmental protection rahter than engine protection. i.e. removing phosporous, and other "bad for the environment" additives, and I was just curious how your 687ppm fits in with relation to the service mark you used.

BoneStockS4 · 10-03-2005, 08:42 PM

I'm new to the oil analysis thing so its nice to gather tidbits of info like that.

***O.W. Kenobi*** · 10-04-2005, 07:06 AM

After several attempts, I've settled on an 8000 mile interval on M1 0W40, but I track my car quite a bit.

BoneStockS4 · 10-04-2005, 07:19 AM

I tend to follow the 10K service interval pretty well, so changing oil once between intervals would work out pretty good schedule wise. I think I could probably still get away with 10K intervals though.

10-03-2005, 06:19 PM	#1
BoneStockS4 Junior Member Account #: 39123 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,725	Blackstone Oil Analysis Report - 11K miles on Mobil One 0W40 I know, I know... I should change my oil more often, but overall things aren't too shabby for a car with 81K miles on it! I've pretty much always changed the oil at 10K mile intervals too, always with Mobil One 0W40 FWIW, the car was stage 2 (APRv5.0) with stock intake and paper air filter for those 11K miles. The oil filter was OEM as well. I'd say 90% of my mileage is highway cruising with 10% "spirited" around town driving. There was definitely a bunch of WOT action right up until it was changed. I also used that Chevron Techron stuff about 3K miles before I changed the oil for the heck of it. I didn't noticed any difference though. __________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ 2002 Nogaro 6spd S4 with Sport Package click here for my photo albulm -Neuspeed RS10's with 235/35/19 Bridgestone RE050 Pole Positions (summer) -RS4 Replicas with 225/40/18 Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds (winter) -Stasis Motorsports with 700F/800R springs, corner balanced -Intrax front sway bar, Intrax 22mm rear sway bar -EPL stage 3 custom tune :) -K16/K04 Buehn Engineering hybrid turbos with ceramic coating, port and polishing, and turbine clearancing -AWE Intercoolers, Twin2, DTS -ASP 3" downpipes w/cats -VAST ceramic coated exhaust manifolds -Clutchmasters Stage 4 clutch and lightweight flywheel -Stasis high bias 4:1 center differential -Stasis Motorsport 14" 6-pot Alcon BBK -Stasis Tracksport rear brake kit -RS4 motor mounts, RS4 tranny mounts, VAST snub mount -RS4 grill, M3 lip spoiler, Euro tail lights, XM Radio -APR bi-pipe -710N BPVs, Walbro fuel pump, Samco IC hoses -Toyguy shifter -otherwise BONESTOCK... Been there, done that: -CPP front upper control arms (RIP after 20K) -Meyle "OEM" upper control arms (RIP after 17K) -Tracksports with 600F/700R/touring valving -Tracksports with 700F/800R/sport valving -Tracksports with 550F/650R/sport valving Interesting Trivia: -Clutchmasters flywheel weighs 13.95lbs.

10-03-2005, 07:06 PM	#2
FixedWing Senior Member Account #: 66531 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,155	Good report. You should be pleased. :-) __________________ ================================================== ======================

10-03-2005, 07:36 PM	#3
gk1 AudiWorld Super User Account #: 14154 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,522	Out of curiousity...what API service mark... SM? __________________ 2008 A6 3.2Q S-Line Daytona Gray / Black S-Line interior Premium, Tech, Nav retrofit

10-03-2005, 08:05 PM	#4
BoneStockS4 Junior Member Account #: 39123 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,725	What do you mean by API service mark? __________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ 2002 Nogaro 6spd S4 with Sport Package click here for my photo albulm -Neuspeed RS10's with 235/35/19 Bridgestone RE050 Pole Positions (summer) -RS4 Replicas with 225/40/18 Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds (winter) -Stasis Motorsports with 700F/800R springs, corner balanced -Intrax front sway bar, Intrax 22mm rear sway bar -EPL stage 3 custom tune :) -K16/K04 Buehn Engineering hybrid turbos with ceramic coating, port and polishing, and turbine clearancing -AWE Intercoolers, Twin2, DTS -ASP 3" downpipes w/cats -VAST ceramic coated exhaust manifolds -Clutchmasters Stage 4 clutch and lightweight flywheel -Stasis high bias 4:1 center differential -Stasis Motorsport 14" 6-pot Alcon BBK -Stasis Tracksport rear brake kit -RS4 motor mounts, RS4 tranny mounts, VAST snub mount -RS4 grill, M3 lip spoiler, Euro tail lights, XM Radio -APR bi-pipe -710N BPVs, Walbro fuel pump, Samco IC hoses -Toyguy shifter -otherwise BONESTOCK... Been there, done that: -CPP front upper control arms (RIP after 20K) -Meyle "OEM" upper control arms (RIP after 17K) -Tracksports with 600F/700R/touring valving -Tracksports with 700F/800R/sport valving -Tracksports with 550F/650R/sport valving Interesting Trivia: -Clutchmasters flywheel weighs 13.95lbs.

10-03-2005, 08:11 PM	#5
gk1 AudiWorld Super User Account #: 14154 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,522	On the bottles it should have an API Category SL, SJ, SM. I'm just curious as they seem to be changing rapidly over the past few years. The S4 was introduced when SJ was the standard, but now they are instituting GF-4. http://api-ep.api.org/filelibrary/AP...Guide_2004.pdf __________________ 2008 A6 3.2Q S-Line Daytona Gray / Black S-Line interior Premium, Tech, Nav retrofit

10-03-2005, 08:21 PM	#6
BoneStockS4 Junior Member Account #: 39123 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,725	oh sorry... Errm... I have no idea... but <more> I do remember that the last time I changed the oil was right around the time they switched over to the new bottle style. In fact, I remember buying 4 old style bottles and 3 new style bottles in two different Walmarts since 0W40 is always short stocked... This time around I put 4 new style bottles of 0W40 and 3 "Truck and SUV" 5W40 bottles in. I plan to change the oil once I hit 3K miles on the new turbos and finish up with the same mix for another 5K-8K depending on what Blackstone says. __________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ 2002 Nogaro 6spd S4 with Sport Package click here for my photo albulm -Neuspeed RS10's with 235/35/19 Bridgestone RE050 Pole Positions (summer) -RS4 Replicas with 225/40/18 Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds (winter) -Stasis Motorsports with 700F/800R springs, corner balanced -Intrax front sway bar, Intrax 22mm rear sway bar -EPL stage 3 custom tune :) -K16/K04 Buehn Engineering hybrid turbos with ceramic coating, port and polishing, and turbine clearancing -AWE Intercoolers, Twin2, DTS -ASP 3" downpipes w/cats -VAST ceramic coated exhaust manifolds -Clutchmasters Stage 4 clutch and lightweight flywheel -Stasis high bias 4:1 center differential -Stasis Motorsport 14" 6-pot Alcon BBK -Stasis Tracksport rear brake kit -RS4 motor mounts, RS4 tranny mounts, VAST snub mount -RS4 grill, M3 lip spoiler, Euro tail lights, XM Radio -APR bi-pipe -710N BPVs, Walbro fuel pump, Samco IC hoses -Toyguy shifter -otherwise BONESTOCK... Been there, done that: -CPP front upper control arms (RIP after 20K) -Meyle "OEM" upper control arms (RIP after 17K) -Tracksports with 600F/700R/touring valving -Tracksports with 700F/800R/sport valving -Tracksports with 550F/650R/sport valving Interesting Trivia: -Clutchmasters flywheel weighs 13.95lbs.

10-03-2005, 08:30 PM	#7
gk1 AudiWorld Super User Account #: 14154 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,522	OK. Cool thanks. I think the new bottle style is SM, and old bottle is SL. I'm mostly just curious, as it's my understanding the newer service marks are designed more around environmental protection rahter than engine protection. i.e. removing phosporous, and other "bad for the environment" additives, and I was just curious how your 687ppm fits in with relation to the service mark you used. __________________ 2008 A6 3.2Q S-Line Daytona Gray / Black S-Line interior Premium, Tech, Nav retrofit

10-03-2005, 08:42 PM	#8
BoneStockS4 Junior Member Account #: 39123 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,725	ahh, gotchya... thanks for the explanation I'm new to the oil analysis thing so its nice to gather tidbits of info like that. __________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ 2002 Nogaro 6spd S4 with Sport Package click here for my photo albulm -Neuspeed RS10's with 235/35/19 Bridgestone RE050 Pole Positions (summer) -RS4 Replicas with 225/40/18 Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds (winter) -Stasis Motorsports with 700F/800R springs, corner balanced -Intrax front sway bar, Intrax 22mm rear sway bar -EPL stage 3 custom tune :) -K16/K04 Buehn Engineering hybrid turbos with ceramic coating, port and polishing, and turbine clearancing -AWE Intercoolers, Twin2, DTS -ASP 3" downpipes w/cats -VAST ceramic coated exhaust manifolds -Clutchmasters Stage 4 clutch and lightweight flywheel -Stasis high bias 4:1 center differential -Stasis Motorsport 14" 6-pot Alcon BBK -Stasis Tracksport rear brake kit -RS4 motor mounts, RS4 tranny mounts, VAST snub mount -RS4 grill, M3 lip spoiler, Euro tail lights, XM Radio -APR bi-pipe -710N BPVs, Walbro fuel pump, Samco IC hoses -Toyguy shifter -otherwise BONESTOCK... Been there, done that: -CPP front upper control arms (RIP after 20K) -Meyle "OEM" upper control arms (RIP after 17K) -Tracksports with 600F/700R/touring valving -Tracksports with 700F/800R/sport valving -Tracksports with 550F/650R/sport valving Interesting Trivia: -Clutchmasters flywheel weighs 13.95lbs.

10-04-2005, 07:06 AM	#9
*O.W. Kenobi* R.I.P. Account #: 20137 Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 19,413	Nice! What interval are you going to try next? After several attempts, I've settled on an 8000 mile interval on M1 0W40, but I track my car quite a bit. __________________ ======================================== My track videos * Brake FAQ * Kenobi lock pump * Kenobi hazard relay * Lidatek install * 43k oil analysis * 51k oil analysis * 60k oil analysis * 68k oil analysis * 76k oil analysis

10-04-2005, 07:19 AM	#10
BoneStockS4 Junior Member Account #: 39123 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,725	I figure with the upgraded turbos, etc. I should shoot for 5K-8K I tend to follow the 10K service interval pretty well, so changing oil once between intervals would work out pretty good schedule wise. I think I could probably still get away with 10K intervals though. __________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ 2002 Nogaro 6spd S4 with Sport Package click here for my photo albulm -Neuspeed RS10's with 235/35/19 Bridgestone RE050 Pole Positions (summer) -RS4 Replicas with 225/40/18 Dunlop Wintersport 3Ds (winter) -Stasis Motorsports with 700F/800R springs, corner balanced -Intrax front sway bar, Intrax 22mm rear sway bar -EPL stage 3 custom tune :) -K16/K04 Buehn Engineering hybrid turbos with ceramic coating, port and polishing, and turbine clearancing -AWE Intercoolers, Twin2, DTS -ASP 3" downpipes w/cats -VAST ceramic coated exhaust manifolds -Clutchmasters Stage 4 clutch and lightweight flywheel -Stasis high bias 4:1 center differential -Stasis Motorsport 14" 6-pot Alcon BBK -Stasis Tracksport rear brake kit -RS4 motor mounts, RS4 tranny mounts, VAST snub mount -RS4 grill, M3 lip spoiler, Euro tail lights, XM Radio -APR bi-pipe -710N BPVs, Walbro fuel pump, Samco IC hoses -Toyguy shifter -otherwise BONESTOCK... Been there, done that: -CPP front upper control arms (RIP after 20K) -Meyle "OEM" upper control arms (RIP after 17K) -Tracksports with 600F/700R/touring valving -Tracksports with 700F/800R/sport valving -Tracksports with 550F/650R/sport valving Interesting Trivia: -Clutchmasters flywheel weighs 13.95lbs.

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