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post Nov 29 2020, 08:18 PM

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QUOTE(yuareblessed @ Nov 26 2020, 09:20 PM)
Really tough. I only manage to come across 1.

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/kixx-pao...lBrUUM&search=1

On the bottle, it says Fully PAO la
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Kixx PAO 1 0W30 SN CF ( 100% Synthetic)

Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS as below :

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Item 1 PAO base oil ( 68 - 79% ) ;

Item 2 , a kind of ester ? IDK .

Item 3 , ZDDP anti-wear ;

Item 4 , Additive package (15 - 25% )


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post Dec 1 2020, 11:13 AM

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QUOTE(zeng @ Oct 27 2020, 08:51 AM)
Mobil 1 New Life 0W40 (Tesco) MB229.5
Oil Life : 18,031 km
ODO :311,861 km in


24 hour blotter :

https://forum.lowyat.net/uploads//attach-2/...-1603759803.jpg

48 hour blotter :

https://forum.lowyat.net/uploads//attach-2/...-1603759854.jpg

..... and going ..
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Mobil 1 New Life 0W40 (Tesco) MB229.5
Oil Life : 19,160 km
14 months oil life thus far .
ODO :312,990 km in
Car model: Toyota Avanza 1.3L
Engine: K3VE Multi Port Injection
Added some 100 mL of graphited engine oil in Elf Molygraphite 15W50 .
Make up oil added : Nil

48 hour blotters ,

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Absence of darkened and opaque centre zone .

Absence of darkened aureole zone / perimeter ring indicating no agglomeration of contaminants , yet .

Diffusion zone darker than before , indicating increased levels of dirt/contaminants/combustion by-products but appears harmless for now .

Darkened jagged external edge indicates presence of moisture in used oil , which is supposed to aggravate corrosion wear .

But centre zone/aureole zone, perimeter ring and diffusion zone do not indicate alarming levels of wear/dirt/contaminants caused by moisture corrossion .

Fuel dilution seems to be absent from blotter sample .

and ....... going , for now .

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post Dec 2 2020, 10:19 AM

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QUOTE(abubin @ Nov 27 2020, 02:10 PM)
What's the difference between 100% PAO and 100% ester?
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The difference is :
100% PAO base oil formulation must have some ester or petroleum synthetic base for additive solubility .
100% ester base oil formulation may NOT have some PAO or petroleum synthetic base .

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post Dec 2 2020, 10:35 AM

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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 2 2020, 10:19 AM)
100% ester base oil formulation may NOT have some PAO or petroleum synthetic base .
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I am interested source and citations please?
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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Dec 2 2020, 10:35 AM)
I am interested source and citations please?
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Sorry , no citations or source but laced with ambiguity opposite that of certainty .

Persons who had done research rather extensively on 100% ester formulations may be able to throw some light on this .

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post Dec 3 2020, 08:50 AM

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Honda City GM2 year 2009
Current Odo : 135,634KM
Date: 03/12/2020
Blotter time : 8:00am (picture after 24hrs)
oil age : 2,330km
Engine oil used : Honda HGEO Semi Synthetic 5W30 SN

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Pics taken after 48hrs after blotter test

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post Dec 3 2020, 12:58 PM

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QUOTE(90Boyz @ Dec 3 2020, 08:50 AM)
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Honda City GM2 year 2009
Current Odo : 135,634KM
Date: 03/12/2020
Blotter time : 8:00am (picture after 24hrs)
oil age : 2,330km
Engine oil used : Honda HGEO Semi Synthetic 5W30 SNs
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Hi ,

If not for your disclosure of its 2330 km usage , this clean blotter would have been mistaken as that of an un-used virgin oil blotter from HGEO semi syn 5W30 SN .

There is complete absence of 'structures' in this 2330 km blotter , which means good news as it indicates 'near new' condition of the used oil sample with minimal or negligible amount of combustion by-products or contaminants/dirt .

The very light colour of the blotter also indicates very very minimal oxidation of oil .

You may scroll through Post # 1 of this thread for a 4.5 years usage at about 6.8K km blotter of similar Honda oil uploaded by @Trony for comparison , though of differrent engine models (?) and driving pattern .

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QUOTE(zeng @ Nov 29 2020, 08:18 PM)
Kixx PAO 1 0W30 SN CF ( 100% Synthetic)

Material Safety Data Sheet MSDS as below :

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Item 1 PAO base oil ( 68 - 79% ) ;

Item 2 , a kind of ester ? IDK .

Item 3 , ZDDP anti-wear ;

Item 4 , Additive package (15 - 25% )
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Item 2 Long Chain Alkaryl Amine is NOT an ester . It performs as anti-oxidants .

Item 3 Zinc Alkyl Dithiophosphate /Phosphorodithioic Acid is an ester . It performs as anti-wear additives , but it is not ZDDP which is also another type of anti-wear additives .

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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 3 2020, 12:58 PM)
Hi ,

If not for your disclosure of its 2330 km usage , this clean blotter would have been mistaken as that of an un-used virgin oil blotter from HGEO semi syn 5W30 SN .

There is complete absence of 'structures' in this 2330 km blotter , which means good news as it indicates 'near new' condition of the used oil sample with minimal or negligible amount of combustion by-products or contaminants/dirt .

The very light colour of the blotter also indicates very very minimal oxidation of oil .

You may scroll through Post # 1 of this thread for a 4.5 years usage at about 6.8K km blotter of similar Honda oil uploaded by @Trony for comparison , though of differrent engine models (?) and driving pattern .
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Hi bro zeng,
Thanks for the explanations
This bottle of oil sit in the closet for quite some times , maybe 2years ?
also i also bought a Aisin 5w30 pao + ester on 11.11 promo
will drain out the Honda Oil when reaching 6k
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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 3 2020, 01:41 PM)
Item 2 Long Chain Alkaryl Amine is NOT an ester . It performs as anti-oxidants .

Item 3 Zinc Alkyl Dithiophosphate /Phosphorodithioic Acid is an ester . It performs as anti-wear additives , but it is not ZDDP  which is also another type of anti-wear additives .
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So we have known that 1-decene is PAO (base oil).
Do you have any idea ester base oil appears as what chemical name?
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QUOTE(chemistry @ Dec 3 2020, 06:43 PM)
So we have known that 1-decene is PAO (base oil).
Do you have any idea ester base oil appears as what chemical name?
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Yes, any -decene displayed in typical msds is always a PAO .

Ester as the little I know of , is a general terminology comprising numerous varying combination of elements such as Zinc Alkyl Dithiophosphate etc above . Very unlike PAO chemistry .

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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 3 2020, 07:41 PM)
Yes, any -decene displayed in typical msds is always a PAO .

Ester  as the little I know of , is a general terminology comprising numerous varying combination of elements such as Zinc Alkyl Dithiophosphate etc above . Very unlike PAO chemistry .
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It's sad that Motul 300V does not disclose much about ester component in their MSDS. Otherwise we would at least have some clue.
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Hi Zeng, just sharing my 1800km blotter test with the same engine but with Aisin 5w30 pao+ester with ceratec.

Should I be worry about the silver lining around?
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QUOTE(Andy0625 @ Dec 6 2020, 04:09 PM)
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Hi Zeng, just sharing my 1800km blotter test with the same engine but with Aisin 5w30 pao+ester with ceratec.

Should I be worry about the silver lining around?
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Mind sharing engine model and odometer km ?

Is the blotter hour matured , i.e 48/72 hours ?

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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 6 2020, 10:46 PM)
Mind sharing engine model and odometer km ?

Is the blotter hour matured , i.e 48/72 hours ?
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Its currently around 137k km, Proton CFE engine. Yes, it's a 48 hour blotter test.
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QUOTE(Andy0625 @ Dec 6 2020, 04:09 PM)
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Hi Zeng, just sharing my 1800km blotter test with the same engine but with Aisin 5w30 pao+ester with ceratec.

Should I be worry about the silver lining around?
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QUOTE(Andy0625 @ Dec 8 2020, 10:14 PM)
Its currently around 137k km, Proton CFE engine. Yes, it's a 48 hour blotter test.
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Hi Andy ,

Having come across reasonably well performing blotter spot of a 12,000 km Aisin pao+ester 5W40 (sibling to 5W30) , I was a bit taken aback by the obvious emergence of slightly darkened aureole zone aka perimeter ring in this low mileage 1800 km blotter .

Initially I thought ceratec , which I don't know much about , may have a role in this grayish aureole zone .

Going through Post # 1 of this read and I found this Campro CFE turbo engine had a previous blotter spot of 5,218 km of Petronas SN 5W30 , in use immediately after DPS Engine Flush application prior to using Petronas oil .

That previous Petronas blotter also displayed a similar phenomenon in slightly darkened aureole zone which I speculated then it is to be related to DPS flush .

Now , this second oil use of Aisin 5w30 pao+ester also display a slightly darkened aureole zone /perimeter ring in a very low mileage of 1800 km .

I would speculate , again that it is related to that particular DPS engine flush usage prviously . True or not , only time will tell IMO .

As regards the silver lining external to this Aisin blotter spot test sample or halo as I call it , it is likely an indication of engine fuel dilution problem IF this blotter sample was taken hot i.e after 20 minutes or more of driving . Since you did not indicate clearly or thoroughly , this silver lining resembling fuel dilution can also be related to cold temperature oil sample when taken IDK .

IMHO, this 1800 km used oil is obviously still in serviceable condition for a long time to come and I don't think you should be worried about this silver lining , which is negative in a way .

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Sharing my first blotter... Hopefully it is ok.
Oil : Toyo Semi Syn 10w-40 ( used for around 2000km )
Car : satria neo clocking 155k km


Not sure this consider ok or bad...


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QUOTE(SKY233 @ Dec 12 2020, 12:03 PM)
Sharing my first blotter... Hopefully it is ok. 
Oil : Toyo Semi Syn 10w-40 ( used for around 2000km )
Car : satria neo clocking 155k km
Not sure this consider ok or bad...
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Hi ,
This 2000 km blotter spot of Toyo Semi Syn 10W40 is still in good shape and remains in serviceable condition for many thousands of km to come , IMO .
The centre zone is clean ,light coloured/yellowish and transparent indicating negligible amount of higher density contaminants or dirt .
A semi-circle of very light gray coloured aureole zone/perimeter ring is about to emerge .
Diffusion zone is light yellowish ,clean and transparent indicating very low levels of contaminants and dirt .
Absence of darkened jagged edge surrounding the diffussion zone indicating absence of water moisture in this 2000 km blotter spot .
No visible translucent halo at the outermost zone indicating no signs of fuel dilution .

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QUOTE(zeng @ Dec 12 2020, 04:35 PM)
Hi ,
This 2000 km blotter spot of Toyo Semi Syn 10W40 is still in good shape and remains in serviceable condition for many thousands of km to come , IMO .
The centre zone is clean ,light coloured/yellowish and transparent indicating negligible amount of higher density contaminants or dirt .
A semi-circle of very light gray coloured aureole zone/perimeter ring is about to emerge .
Diffusion zone is light yellowish ,clean and transparent indicating very low levels of contaminants and dirt .
Absence of darkened jagged edge surrounding the diffussion zone indicating absence of water moisture in this 2000 km blotter spot .
No visible translucent halo at the outermost zone indicating no signs of fuel dilution .
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sounds like a good news thumbup.gif thumbup.gif thumbup.gif
i always use Tesco/Giant Shell helix ultra 5w-40 , but due to MCO seldom go out then i've switched to this Toyo semi-syn from nearby workshop.

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