Oil Analysis

[gregdacat]

Thanks for thread - good info.

Bussatti - They use CITGO Corp. Labs. It not going to work for me. They test based on 15w-40 oil. I have 0w-40.

I may give Blackstone a try. I have no idea what the baseline would be since I bought he car used and the dealership did not have service records. It has 64K miles . So, I am guessing the oil was changed about 60k.

Greg

2002 Triple Black 64000 Miles, densorkled, bumper plugs, nitrogen filled tires

[paulv]

Like bussatti said, it's really the trending that's important. I've been doing this for several years on my vehicles. Labs to use are Blackstone (previously mentioned), Polaris, Staveley, and there are others. I found a lab that's in the Boston area so I will start using them. The basic analysis is around $25 and a few bucks more for the TBN test which will tell you if you can extend the interval. I've imported the data into a spreadsheet and plotted out the trends.

Regards,
paul...