Looking at purchasing a truck from a dealer and they have completed a PM service on the truck prior to putting it out on the lot. The truck ran for about an hour today and I took a oil sample to send out.
Is this pretty much a waist of time/money or is it still good practice to do this?
Oil Sample question
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by HalpinUout, Jun 2, 2017.
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I don't have your answer but always wondered that same thing with the fresh oil changeHalpinUout Thanks this.
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It would be better to pull the sample after a test drive.
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I drove it from the dealer to a independent mechanic shop which was around 10 miles and took the sample at that location. How many miles are your test drives generally?slim shady Thanks this.
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It may do the trick, it may give you enough oil to indicate some bad things.
I would have put 50 miles on it to do a test drive.HalpinUout Thanks this. -
I've seen your response to another thread a few months back concerning the Dyno and ECM Dump, I understand these are done at the buyers expense but are you having this done at the dealer you are buying the truck at?
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The best sample comes from oil that is at or near the drain interval ...new oil has no time to build up wear metels , acid , fuel , antifreeze etc .
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Ya, that's the thing with the dealer when they PM every truck to get it up to their "Show Floor" condition. The PM is done before the truck is put up for sale so you cant get the oil sample you would ideally want.
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Ill be in the new Fulton market on Monday pal ...just steal mine lol...only got 130k on it .slim shady and HalpinUout Thank this.
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Worthless. You need a good 5k miles on the oil or so to get an idea. Fresh oil will sample well of course. That's the reason they toss that old oil as soon as they put it out there.Lepton1, Bean Jr., bzinger and 1 other person Thank this.
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