Oil analysis
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Oil analysis
Just got my first oil analysis and as I'm no chemist I have no idea what any of it means. However, the bright green label that said NORMAL made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
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My brother is the operations manager for a large mulch processing plant and gives me the CAT oil samples for free, so that's what I used. I know schaeffers does them for free if you buy their oil.
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Blackstone is good for the price. If you're interested, you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about oil analysis from bobistheoilguy.com. Lots of petrochemical engineers and tribologists hang out over there, it's about the best motor oil forum you could find.
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My engine, while having high mileage, is not used heavily much so I think I can safely go 15-20k miles between changes but I need the oil analysis to see if that is the case.
In my truck it is more likely that I will change on a time based schedule anyway because I only put a few thousand miles on it a year.
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Rotella T6... you can get it cheapest at the larger walmarts. It's a full synthetic so it CAN go for 2+years or 15k miles. If you do the oil analysis every 7500 miles or so it will give you good feedback on what the change intervals are for your specific engine.
My engine, while having high mileage, is not used heavily much so I think I can safely go 15-20k miles between changes but I need the oil analysis to see if that is the case.
In my truck it is more likely that I will change on a time based schedule anyway because I only put a few thousand miles on it a year.
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My engine, while having high mileage, is not used heavily much so I think I can safely go 15-20k miles between changes but I need the oil analysis to see if that is the case.
In my truck it is more likely that I will change on a time based schedule anyway because I only put a few thousand miles on it a year.
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They send you the kits for free and when you mail it in you get results about a week later.
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This is the place I use... Blackstone Labs
They send you the kits for free and when you mail it in you get results about a week later.
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They send you the kits for free and when you mail it in you get results about a week later.
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Great! I will get in contact with them.
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