I changed my oil a few days before leaving for the beach and sent a sample to have it tested. Here is the report. In a way, it makes me wonder why the viscosity was so low, but it was break in oil...

 

Very much like mine was. I think it was only the 10-30 wt oil.

 

10w30 never even crossed my mind....I am using the Ford 15w-40 now..we'll see how that turns out.

 

I don't get alarmed at oil reports till the engine has at least 5,000 miles on it. Even todays new engines have a break in period. What I would be concerned about is if there was abnormally high metals in the report.

 

I should have my second one (report) any day now. This will be 3rd oil change and the one for our trip out west

 

Glad to see lower fuel % numbers, my 2010 6.4 was horrible with that..

 

I think factory fill was 10-30W...not 15-45W

 

That is correct. Factory fill is 10w30. So either this isn't the first oil change or it wasn't 15w40?

 

Is there a good reason to get the oil checked at the first oil change? I have one of those kits but I was going to wait till my second oil change.

 

I wanted to know if anything else was in the oil that could be repaired early, for instance, antifreeze...not likely, but worth the $25 to check. That way I have a baseline even though Ford doesn't take BS reports, it is a place to start.