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What do you think of my Oil Sample, Anything stand out?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Siinman, Nov 10, 2023.

Do you do Oil Samples

Yes After 15K

5 vote(s)

29.4%
Yes Every 20K

1 vote(s)

5.9%
Yes Every 30K

1 vote(s)

5.9%
Yes 50K Plus

3 vote(s)

17.6%
NO Why do I care if my oil is good? I like to change Oil regardless.

4 vote(s)

23.5%
NO

3 vote(s)

17.6%

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Nov 17, 2023 #11

Siinman Road Train Member

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Rideandrepair said: ↑

View attachment 492032 What do you guys think about my oil sample? I’m thinking it might have some coolant mixing. Just maybe. Lol. All I know about oil samples is to compare results against averages. I think high silicone usually means dirty air filters. High Boron usually from detergents. Using Lucas for instance caused mine to be high. I’ve had high iron in a Cat at 500k, that lasted 1 mil miles. Also had other samples with big variations, basically false alarms. Steady samples by the same Lab is a good idea. Looking for any big differences from previous samples. Hopefully catch a problem before it’s a catastrophe, such as this. I’d added a gallon or so over a couple months. Didn’t think much of it. Thought it was probably a cold leak. Better safe than sorry. Anytime coolants being added. There’s a problem somewhere. Random samples I’ve done with 500k miles between them haven’t been any different, even though the engine blew a few months later. Consistently is the key to sampling. Watching for trends/changes.
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Looks like you have a little oil in your coolant. ha Ha

Dang man that sucks!

Siinman, Nov 17, 2023

Siinman, Nov 17, 2023

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