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If nothing was flagged on the report, you are fine.
Zinc, copper, lead, and antimony (sometimes) are used in the Babbet material in the main bearings. If these show up at elevated levels, you have bearing wear.
That oil doesn't.
Max soot is 0.4%, you are nowhere near that.
Iron and chromium are in the block, valves, and rings -- if these show up at elevated levels you have ring, bore, or valve system wear.
I seem to remember high calcium numbers for Mobil 1, but I'm not sure.
Zinc is also present as zinc stearate, a high temperature lubricant additive, so you should always see some. Excessive levels indicates bearing wear, though.
Without doubt you changed this too soon -- the only thing in there is some soot, and since you could go at least four times as long before exceeding the maximum level, do yourself a favor and leave it in for 6000 miles next time, and repeat the oil test. Changing full synthetic oil at 3000 miles is wasting money.
Peter
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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!
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