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Oil Samples that Ron Fears (Laundry1)
had done at Blackstone Laboratories. |
Elements
in
Parts per Million |
Yamalube |
Castrol
Full Synthetic |
OMC
Ficht
|
Pennzoil
Premium Plus |
Quicksilver |
Lucas
SemiSyn |
| Aluminum |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chromium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Iron |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Copper |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lead |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Molybdenum |
730 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Nickel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Manganese |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Silver |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Titanium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Potassium |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Boron |
16 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
| Silicon |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Sodium |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Calcium |
18 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
238 |
| Magnesium |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Phosphorous |
226 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Zinc |
13 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
20 |
4 |
| Barium |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Flashpoint in
Degrees F. |
235 |
390 |
200 |
235 |
170 |
240 |
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- COMMENTS - |
| Yamalube |
This oil contained the most additive of
the six you sent in, so it wins in that department.
As long as the additives are ashless (as we assume they are), then these
will not hurt anything. Molybdenum is probably an anti-wear
additive, though we can't say for sure.
We are sure what the boron, calcium, phosphorous and zinc are for
though, they are additives as well. No moisture or insolubles were
found. |
Castrol
Full Synthetic |
We did not find much here in the way of
additives either. As stated before, this is a common find, and we don't
consider it a problem. As far as these oils go, Yamalube has the most
additive, so if that's an important criteria (as we are not sure it is),
then we think that this is the best value. There isn't much difference
between the others, so I would probably go with whichever one was
cheapest price-wise. No moisture or insolubles were found. |
| OMC
Ficht |
This oil did not have much present in
the way of additives either. No moisture or insolubles were found. |
Pennzoil
Premium Plus |
This oil has only traces of additive
present. No moisture or insolubles were found. |
| Quicksilver |
2-cycle oil is generally a 20W oil and
that's what we found in all of these samples, so we don't think
viscosity is a factor. We don't normally see additive in these
oils, though some of these do have some present. Additive probably
doesn't hurt anything, though since the oil gets burned, there may be a
possibility of the additive leaving deposits in the combustion chamber,
unless they are ashless. Only a little boron and zinc showed up
here. No moisture or insolubles (solid material) were found.
We can't tell the difference between synthetic or non-synthetic oil. |
| Lucas
SemiSyn |
Calcium was the only significant find in
this sample. No moisture or insolubles were found. This was
the only oil without a blue/green dye. |
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Sample
Date: 06/16/04
Blackstone Laboratories
4929 S. Lafayette Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46806 |
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