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Originally Posted by Rob175
EXACTLY as the previous poster said........an oil analysis is only useful if done each time the oil is changed. It's "value" is as a "trend report". As previously said, now you have a base-line from which future reports can be judged against.
Personally, I don't see much of a benefit in an oil analysis. I know large fleet companies (trucks) typically do them as a way to track their fleets. When I owned an airplane I used to do them, but after I had a cylinder failure with NO indications or even hints from my previous years of oil analysis I stopped.
The best advice I could give you would be to buy an oil filter cutting tool and cut open your old filter, stretch out the paper and look for any metalic pieces and possibly use a small magnet on any pieces you may find. Remember.....ALL engines "make metal" it's just part of the wear process and most of the time it's perfectly normal.
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I might consider an analysis every 3 oil changes, keeping an eye out for anomalies. Thank you for the advice. I did cut apart the filter... stretched it out... looked for metal, saw none... ran a magnet, nothing. For the most part, the filter had zero debris causing me concern.
If you recognize any aberrations in any of the numbers, please advise.
Cheers!