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Thanks, will order one from them Next time. Appreciate all the feedback on here.

Would taking the oil sample soon as I take off the drain pan bolt out result in the higher manganese numbers?

Yeah, that’s what I am worried about. I mean so far I don’t have any problems and the truck is running fine.

Except the Manganese which went from 6 to 12 in almost a year. The avg is normally 4 for the testing on hemi's they do. That is why i am bit concern.

No aftermarket fuel treatment added to the the tank. Since I use top tier gas all the time, I pretty much don't add anything. I normally use the same two gas stations. Not sure if they ever did add anything. Only thing I can think of is I did fill up one early morning when the fuel tanker was...

Could it be summer gas vs winter gas? Not sure there is a difference here in Florida.

Nope, only fill with Citgo\Chevron 89 Octane gas.

Will have a look at doing this at my next oil change and have them analyze it.

I just got my results for my oil analysis from blackstone labs for my 2021 5.7 Hemi with 57,000 miles. I’ve sent my oil to them over the last few years and notice a slight creep up in manganese with this time it being at 12. They didn’t show any concern in the comments but should I be? I use...