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the oil was mobil 1 0W-40. the engine blew in march '09. i drained the oil & collected the sample about 2 weeks ago.
blackstone doesn't develop these engines, but i bet they see a LOT of samples from M96's. it would be interesting to find out what they use for their 'universal averages', as i know they choose different values based on the source of the submission sample.
that having been said, if an engine is wearing heavily, i don't think it takes a rocket surgeon to point out that fact w/ an oil analysis. the materials in the M96 are pretty standard, no?. the only oddity might be the lokasil.
if we had overheating of the oil & metal to metal contact as the result of viscous collapse, i'd think we would see some signs of this in the analysis, possibly impairment of the polymer package that allows multi-viscosity performance (lower flash point, reduced viscosity).
d-chunk obviously would have shown intermix.
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