how lpng did you guys have to wait for your results, its been 1month and nothing yet not even my check cashed yet?????

 

Wow, that is odd. Call them up and ask whats up. I sent my analysis beside me on the wall out on 9/09, and they got it 9/11, and i had results on 9/13.

 

Usually just a few days turnaround. USPS has been know to loose things before.

 

Whoa, just saw that in your sig. Probably been mentioned, but I have been out of the net so to speak. Those are diametrically (sp) opposed you know. They will compete, if not now, down the road.

 

Dont worry, the (-) PMS likes the (+) PMS almost as much as i do. Need to get my one cab step back from my buddy to put on the right side because she has trouble hopping in.

 

I saw Kris's sig change a few days ago. Been worried about him since.

Send Blackstone an email letting them know you haven't received your results yet. I had one a while ago that they had to send twice.

 

I hear ya. I just looked at your truck and noticed no bar or anything. I wouldn't even subject a mistress to that treatment. Heck, I'm 6'1 and still like my step bar.

 

Yes but i get to pick her up or give her a nice "boost" in to the cab.

 

well I e-mailedemand they had sent it to me but it was in my spam folder. the results were great heres what they said ,

JORGE: Iron was above average in the first sample from your PSD. All other wear read normally so
we're not too concerned about iron reading at this level. Universal averages for the 7.3L are based on
an oil run of ~5,200 miles. The trace of fuel we found isn't a problem and is likely from taking the
sample without getting the oil up to temps. No coolant or moisture was found and your air and oil
filters (see silicon and insolubles) are working well. The TBN was very strong at 9.1 so you have
plenty of active additive remaining. 1.0 is low. Try 5,500 miles next time.

this was on penzoil 10/40 a little over 5000 mi, the iron was 31 as compared to averages were 17 what does that mean? any other #'s you guys need to see let me know and i will post

 

Pennzoil 10W-40? Hope it's diesel-rated.

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I posted my sample results from Blackstone in another thread last week. Here's the link. It actually has reports on both the oil from the engine and a "baseline test" on the brand new Amsoil oil that was taken straight from the bottle (I wanted to know what I was starting from).

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...ml#post4451842

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Biggest unknown is that I don't know when the oil was changed last before I bought it last September, or what oil was used. All I knew was that I had traveled a tad over 5,000 miles on the engine when I changed the oil and sent the samples to Blackstone. Even at that, I am very happy with the results from that first sampling. I went back with Amsoil's DEO 5w40, and will be pulling my 5,000 mile sample in about 4-8 weeks (depending on how much regional busines travel I have to do).

 

my last change was delo 15/40 so the penzoil is out, but I had good results with it according to lab results....

 

I run Delo, and my last iron reading was 7, and that's with 15,000 miles on the oil. I do, however, use Baldwin bypass filtration. With 5000 miles on that same oil, my iron was a 4, and that was before the bypass was installed.

I'd be anxious if I was up in the 30's.

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what does the high iron number mean as far as wear and tear, or what potential trouble is that pointing to??????

 

Iron is typically cylinder walls, but there are other things inside the engine that have iron in them, like the camshaft and lifters, cam timing gears, both oil pumps, etc.

Don't panic about this. The numbers are in parts per million. Pretty insignificant if just a one-shot thing.

My original oil analysis was high in iron, too, but it was because it was the oil that came in the engine when I bought it, and had unknown miles on it. Likely high, though. Blackstone told me to change it and when I did, I started getting normal iron readings again.

So don't lose any sleep. At least not over oil analysis numbers......

What was your silicon number? Silicon is "sand", which makes the oil abrasive, causing more wear on things like cylinder walls. High silicon usually indicates poor intake air filtration. The factory stock air filter system is famously under-designed, allowing unfiltered air to be ingested. We have also seen that a famous brand of aftermarket oil-coated "forever" filters allow WAY too much silicon to pass, so anybody using something with a "K" in the brand name might want to re-think that. What did you have before the 6637?

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