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Corporate Office:
Coastline Packaging
New Church, VA 23415
Website(s):www.royalfarms.com
The Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) is an independent resource for information and insights on the quality of lubricants in the marketplace. Our mission is to serve the consumer of lubricants by randomly sampling and independently testing lubricants taken from the field. Test results are posted along with the brand names on the PQIA website. This webpage provides an analysis on the brand detailed below.
The following are the test results for the sample examined.
Packaged by Coastline Packaging, New Church, VA
Purchased at: Westminster, MD
Date of purchase: 9/2/2015
Website(s): www.royalfarms.com
The product tested meets its freeze point protection claim. The test results, however, are not consistent with a new coolant based on the standard specifications stated in ASTM D-3306 and ASTM D-4985. The level of degradation acids (glycolate and formate) in the sample tested are unusually high.
In addition, the concentration of chloride is over 600% higher than the maximum level of 25mg/L as stated in ASTM D-3306 and ASTM D-4985 for a new coolant. Also, the concentration of sulfate is significantly higher than typically seen in coolants meeting claims ASTM D-3306 and ASTM D-4985 for a new coolant.
Such concentrations of chloride and sulfate can result in scale and/or corrosion and are indicative of poor water quality and/or poorly reclaimed coolant. Furthermore, considering the product tested contains only 9 parts per million (ppm) of Bitterant, it cannot be sold in the seventeen states (including Maryland, the state it was purchased in) that require a minimum Bitterant level of 30 ppm.
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Note: Although laboratory tests alone cannot be used to establish if coolant meets standards, they can be used to determine if it doesn't.
| Physical Properties and Chemical Analysis | Royal Farms |
| Percent Antifreeze, (Based on Percent Glycol) | 50 |
| Freeze Point, (ASTM D3321) in ⁰F | -34 |
| Bitterant, (ASTM D7704) in ppm | |
| pH, (ASTM D1287) | 9.53 |
| Color, (Visual) | Green |
| Chloride and Other Anions by Ion Chromatography (ASTM D5827) | |
| Glycolate, ppm | |
| Formate, ppm | |
| Chloride, ppm | |
| Sulfate, ppm | |
| Nitrite, ppm | 3,201 |
| Nitrate, ppm | 180 |
| Phosphate, ppm | 80 |