Engine oil formulation with improved sequence viii performance

A lubricating oil composition comprising:

• greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity;
• less than 0.60 wt. % of one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, wherein the one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol is prepared from a polyhydric alcohol having from 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups and a carboxylic acid having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms;
• one or more boron-containing dispersant(s) in an amount sufficient to provide greater than 0.006 wt. % to 0.08 wt. % of boron to the lubricating oil composition, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition;
• greater than 0.25 wt. % of a non-borated dispersant;
• a ratio of the amount of the one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition, to an amount of boron in weight percent provided by the one or more boron-containing dispersant(s), based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition is less than 40;
• and
• wherein the lubricating oil composition has a bearing weight loss of less than 25 as measured by ASTM D6709.