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Corporate Office:
Tampa, FL
Website(s):www.xcellube.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.
Marketed by: XCEL Lubricants in Tampa, FL
XCEL is a Registered Trademark of Amalie Oil Company in Tampa, FL
Purchased at: Washington, D.C.
Date of purchase: 7/1/2015
Website(s): www.xcellube.com
CONSUMER ALERT:
The label on this product states API Service SA/SB. API SA oils have no additives and SB oils should have ZDDP anti-wear additive. An oil cannot meet both of these service categories. This product meets neither as it does contain a viscosity modifying additive and does not contain sufficient ZDDP anti-wear additive to meet SB. API SA is not suitable for use in gasoline engines built after 1930 and API SB is not suitable for use in gasoline engines built after 1951. The label on this product fails to give adequate warning to consumers about its limited use. These are obsolete specifications and may cause harm in modern engines. The organometallic additive levels in this sample indicate the product is NOT suitable for use in the majority of automobile engines currently on the road.
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Note: Although laboratory tests alone cannot be used to establish if engine oil meets an API Service Category, they can be used to determine if it doesn't.
| PHYSICAL TESTS (click for test details) - a | Standard | XCEL Premium |
| TBN, mg KOH/g (ASTM D2896) | 0.53 | |
| Viscosity @ 100ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 12.5 to <16.3 | 13.1 |
| Viscosity @40ºC, cSt (ASTM D445) | 86.5 | |
| Viscosity Index (ASTM D2270) | 152 | |
| Viscosity @-25ºC mPa s (cP) (ASTM D5293) | 7,000 Max | 4469 |
| ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS (click for test details) - a, b | ||
| Additives | ||
| Calcium | 121 | |
| Magnesium | 2 | |
| Phosphorus, ppm | 19 | |
| Zinc, ppm | 30 | |
| Molybdenum, ppm | 0 | |
| Barium, ppm | 0 | |
| Boron, ppm | 0 | |
| Silicon, ppm | 2 | |
| Potassium, ppm | 3 | |
| Manganese, ppm | 0 | |
| Titanium, ppm | 0 | |
| Copper, ppm | 0 | |
| Sodium, ppm | 0 | |
| Vanadium, ppm | 0 | |
| Contaminants | ||
| Silver, ppm | 0 | |
| Aluminum, ppm | 2 | |
| Chromium, ppm | 0 | |
| Iron, ppm | 0 | |
| Nickel, ppm | 0 | |
| Lead, ppm | 0 | |
| Antimony, ppm | 0 | |
| Tin, ppm | 0 | |
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