Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Well it's all y'all fault(that's pluriel for ya'll in TX
) after reading all the time about oil analysis, I figured I'd do one just for grins and see if there was anything going on in there that I should know about. Got a kit from Blackstone and here are the results, don't know if the Comments they wrote is just to make me happy but if that's the case, it worked!
Engine has 76K on it, use Delo or Delvac every 5K w/Statapore filter and Rotella DFA every tank, FYI. This one was Delo. Silicon was 3, I live on a dirt road and use a BHAF
Oo.
Glenn
Here's what Blackstone said:
-Comments: GLENN: Universal averages show typical wear metals for an oil from a Cummins 6BT after 6450 miles on the oil. Your oil was in use 5,000 miles, and we found all wear from the engine to be well below average levels and in the correct balance to show normal mechanical parts inside. Air filtration (silicon) and oil filtration (insolubles) look okay. This was 15W/40 diesel-use engine oil with no moisture in it. The oil could have stayed in use longer, and if you're interested, you could try 6,000 miles for the next oil run. This is the nicest Cummins 5. 9L we've seen in a while!
PS. Good thing the analysis wasn't done on my transmission oil!
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) after reading all the time about oil analysis, I figured I'd do one just for grins and see if there was anything going on in there that I should know about. Got a kit from Blackstone and here are the results, don't know if the Comments they wrote is just to make me happy but if that's the case, it worked! Engine has 76K on it, use Delo or Delvac every 5K w/Statapore filter and Rotella DFA every tank, FYI. This one was Delo. Silicon was 3, I live on a dirt road and use a BHAF Oo.
Glenn
Here's what Blackstone said:
-Comments: GLENN: Universal averages show typical wear metals for an oil from a Cummins 6BT after 6450 miles on the oil. Your oil was in use 5,000 miles, and we found all wear from the engine to be well below average levels and in the correct balance to show normal mechanical parts inside. Air filtration (silicon) and oil filtration (insolubles) look okay. This was 15W/40 diesel-use engine oil with no moisture in it. The oil could have stayed in use longer, and if you're interested, you could try 6,000 miles for the next oil run. This is the nicest Cummins 5. 9L we've seen in a while!
PS. Good thing the analysis wasn't done on my transmission oil!
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