Oil Sample Results
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Oil Sample Results
Oil Sample was from Caterpillar in IL I believe.
Silver 0 Calcium 1315 Chromium 0 Copper 3 Iron 9 Lead 0 Magnesium 705 Molybdenum 42 Nickel 0 Phosphorus 911 Potassium 2 Silcon 3 Sodium 2 Tin 0 Vanadium 0 Zinc 1048 Soot 1 Oxidation 13 Nitration 7 Sulfation 17 Water, Antifreeze, Fuel, all Negative Viscosity@100C 14.1 This looks good to me, am I missing something? I did not have the oil changed until after the sample was pulled.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: KY
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Rick, I get mine done at Blackstone Labs in FT Wayne, IN. Just take a sample myself with their pump kit (this way I KNOW it wasn't contaminated casue I did it) and mail it to them. Get an email about 2 days later with the report and a hard copy a few more days later. They give all the data, PLUS list out the current sample, several previous samples and your running average from all the samples........ AND they give a personal specific description of what is going on with your engine and oil - basically the tech breaks the data down into "plain english" for you. VERY NICE service.
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Re: Oil Sample Results
Originally Posted by Papa Rick
Oil Sample was from Caterpillar in IL I believe.
Silver 0 1 Calcium 1315 1022 Chromium 0 1 Copper 3 2 Iron 9 11 Lead 0 1 Magnesium 705 581 Molybdenum 42 37 Nickel 0 0 Phosphorus 911 683 Potassium 2 2 Silcon 3 1 Sodium 2 2 Tin 0 0 Vanadium 0 0 Zinc 1048 817 Soot 1 3 Oxidation 13 15 Nitration 7 7 Sulfation 17 17 Water, Antifreeze, Fuel, all Negative Same All Negative Viscosity@100C 14.1 13.5 This looks good to me, am I missing something? I did not have the oil changed until after the sample was pulled. Second set of numbers were mine with 8,000 miles since oil change with Mobil Delvac. Should I change it at 10,000 miles or go to 15,000 miles??
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AND they give a personal specific description of what is going on with your engine and oil
Not only that, but you can talk to them on the phone and they offer suggestions and advice. Been using Blackstone for around 10 years, won't go anywhere else |
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