Oil Analysis

[David Pendleton]

Hello all.



I've never had my oil analyzed, but I'd like to.



Should I assume my dealer is smart enough to handle this? How should the sample be collected? I have visions of my mech ladling filthy oil out of the barrel into a dirty baby food jar before sending it off to be analyzed...



What should I ask for? How should it be done?



Thanks all.



Dave

 

[JEstes]

Blackstone Laboratories - Diesel Engines



Nuff said.



They'll send you free kits, so just fill out that form and you should have one there pretty soon. If you are planning on running extended drain intervals, get a TBN. It basically tells you how much additives are left.

 

[David Pendleton]

Thanks. I sent a request for a kit.

 

[Herman8r]

Geno's garage also sells a kit. The kit is aprox $10 & includes the full oil analysis



I use it every third to fourth oil change on all of my trucks. It saved me unscheduled downtime on three trucks(not Dodge)--leaking coolant detection. I was able to schedule the repair while crew was off for the weekend--no down time.

Herman

 

[bighornram]

Hello all.

I've never had my oil analyzed, but I'd like to.

Should I assume my dealer is smart enough to handle this? How should the sample be collected? I have visions of my mech ladling filthy oil out of the barrel into a dirty baby food jar before sending it off to be analyzed...

What should I ask for? How should it be done?

Thanks all.

Dave

I do my own in my RAM but I also have a CRD Liberty. I took it in for the first change and gave the service writer the bottle for a sample. Biggest problem encountered was he kept trying to talk me out of sending a sample off. Jeep came back with the bottle full in the console. Can only presume it was collected correctly. I have to think so.

I use Blackstone also. They are fast and you can now log onto their website to view a record of all your samples.

 

[CDonaldson]

I do all my own oil changes, save myself the labor charges, so I collect a sample at every oil change. I use the Geno's kits, buy them by the case, do several different vehicles.



I also send in samples of transmission/diff fluids. You can really tell what's going on with your car/truck from the information gained. They can/will save you in what could be costly repairs of stuff that goes undetected until it breaks. Great way to look at the prevention side.



CD

 

[2Rowdy]

I will also be using Blackstone labs.