First oil analysis w/ Frantz oil filter - looks good

[PRout]

Hi All,



FYI, just got my report back from Blackstone. Thats a nice service they offer.



The details:

Amsoil 15/40 HDD Syn at about 13k miles (double the miles compared to their averages).



The Frantz filter & K&N RE-0880 appeared to be working well.



Material / Measured / Average at 5-6k miles.

Aluminum 2 4

Chromium 1 2

Iron 31 28

Copper 3 11

Lead 7 4

Tin 0 1

Molybdenum 1 11

Nickel 0 0

Manganese 1 1

Silver 0 0

Titanium 0 0

Vanadium 0 0

Boron 9 128

Silicone 4 10

Sodium 2 10

Calcium 4519 2434

Magnesium 11 372

Phosphrs 1056 1055

Zinc 1236 1215

Barium 1 1



Visc@210* 70. 5 68-80

Flashpt* 420 >410

Fuel% <0. 5 <2. 0

Antifreeze% 0 0

Water% 0 <. 05

Insolubles . 1 <. 8



I specifically asked if they could determine if any paper is leaving the frantz & getting in the oil.



Their remarks were that they took a close look at the insolubles (particles in the oil), which came out to be very low (. 1%), no paper found in the oil. Said that this indicates good filtration.



Low silicone, & normal wear rates.



Too bad there's no TBN, but they recommended a longer interval next time.



I figure at this rate, I see no reason to replace the oil before 20k miles.



Paper used in frantz, was the scott 1000 sheet rolls, pretty tightly packed in the canister. Note: the oil did look pretty dark, was not honey colored at all.

 

[gmorrison]

Your spectro resulst look very good, however, to really examine the effectiveness of the filter, I would suggest that in addition to running the spectrographic analysis, also have a particle count done on the oil. This would have been good to have done prior to the switch to the K&N and remote as a baseline. Particle count will give a very exact, emperical reading of fine contaminants in the oil. I have seen spectro results indicating all is well yet the Particle Count indicated a very high level of contamination occuring (K&N equipped vehicle). .

George Morrison, STLE CLS

 

[PRout]

Thanks George for the input.



Sounds interesting.



I noticed in another post you said you were involved in the field. If you dont mind, when I get a chance ill PM you w/ info how to get another analysis done. Ran out of time for now. Tnx.