Just sent away for oil sample kit from blackstone ind. taking my 06 F250 psd in for its first 15k service today. my question is at what mileage do you start and what intervals are you sampling? are you doing the basic $20 dollar test or any other specific one. I`m a newbie and all replies welcomed. THANKS HAPPY NEWYEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!!

 

uh oh. you have gone and done it. sooner or later beachbumcook will find this and he will give you all the info you want. (sshhhh dont tell him i told you this, but i think he sleeps with a quart of oil under his pillow). but anyway, he finds all of these oil threads.

 

Here I am...

Q: When to start doing analysis?
A: Anytime you want - sooner the better for "complete view of your motor".

Q: How often to do test?
A: Depends on what you can afford - some do everytime they change oil and some everyother time. Depends if your first one or two reports show any problems or not that you are concerned about?

Mention "dieselstop.com website" - sorry FTE, on your paperwork and Blackstone will charge you $18.00 instead of the normal $20.00. Even though they are a sponsor here, it is an old promo that they still honor from their relationship on the other site. Must ask for it in order to get the $2.00 discount.

I only do the basic test/analysis and do NOT do the TBN test for an extra $10.00. By changing you oil on a regular basis (5,000 - 7,500 miles) your TBN will be fine. This is only an issue if your looking to do the very extended (non-Ford recommended) service intervals like some synthetic oil companies promote.

Call or email Blackstone for their kits and they will send you 6 or 8 of them in a box. Next time you change you oil and filter, catch a "midstream" sample and send it in. I mail mine in with the USPS 2 - 3 day priority service for $4.05/ea and it seems to cut 1 - 2 days off the mailing. Blackstone wil then sample and email your results as a PDF file if so desired (speeds up the results)... or they will mail it to you by snail mail (USPS).

I personally sample at every change I do at 5,000 miles and have entered the data into an Excel spreadsheet so I can see how my numbers look and my actual averages compared to the universal ones they show on their report.

 

Who told you????

When the tooth fairy comes, she leaves me a quart of oil instead of a dollar bill... synthetic oil at that!!!

 

not surprised at all!!

 

thanks for the input Beachbumcook. will start sampling my oil every 5,000 mi. $18 bucks is cheap insurance. nice spreadsheet of your oil analysis. have you ever sampled your coolant. great pictures of your oil and coolant filter upgrades. is that a lot of crud in the coolant filter you cut open?

 

Never have sampled my coolant and there are no additives to add to the 6.0L's cooling system... as it uses the premium gold coolant. The olde 7.3L's you had to check and add coolant additives, but not the 6.0L.

I figure no reason to check coolant as I change every 50,000 miles and the book states every 100,000. I also use only 100% distilled water so I figure I am way ahead on cooling system maintanence.

Yes, the pictures due show the casting sand from the motor and other crud that is inside one's motor. After the second filter... all looks good. Best mod ever... check out dieselsite.com website for their complete kits.

 

I never even thought of doing an oil analysis on my truck. Can you direct me to a site or a phone number where I can order from?

 

Junior Samples, phone; BR549 ??

 

and if that doesn't work try this:

http://www.blackstone-labs.com/

 

Got my free test kit on the way