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I am still using Baldwin. Not sure if quality has remained good. Heard they changed ownership or were relocated out of country some time back.

Unit time hrs only increased 4200. Yeah somethings not adding up.

Self repair or a mechanics shop?

I like the company that I have been using. Not sure if AGAT labs is in the USA. What I like is they compare your oil to a virgin oil sample that you provide, not using industry averages. They don't charge extra for an analysis of the virgin oil when sending it with a used oil sample. Then...

Did you need to replace the lifters the with this failure? Did you replace the cam while you were doing it, or was there any damage to the cam? My son had to replace the lifters. They said the cam was good. I sent a sample after they completed work & the Chromium levels were high. I was...

I provided them with a sample of the unused oil a few years back. They don't charge extra for the virgin oil sample. I use them because they have a lab that is local to me. I am able to drop oil samples off after hours, & they ship them out to the lab that does Engine Oil Analysis. They do...

Recently sent another oil analysis Castrol Magnatec GTX which is still available in Canada, and maybe not in USA. Overall I think it looks good. 3.1% fuel dilution, & some changes to viscosity, probably due to longer idle times in winter. I think this is the 13th sample of engine oil analysis...

Good to know. I was wondering if an oil analysis would pick up on any problems before a Turbo or timing chain was causing driveability issues. I have been checking my oil at regular intervals. Looks like I have nothing to be worried about if it performs as well as your engine.

I have scraped the frost off the windows before. Sometimes if it is cold it still hasn't warmed up enough, & then my body heat from sweating and snow melting off my clothing puts enough steam condensation in the cab that it starts frosting up inside the cab. I have had to pull over within a...

How accurately do you track your fuel mileage? I use the Fuely app & have not seen this as a trend.

Yes, I was hoping to see more data shared on here with that engine. Can't seem to find any oil analysis shared on here for that one.

Yeah, Its getting to be all about horsepower. In my case a straight 6 engine would be ideal. I rarely pull large loads. Currently I have the 2018 F150 3.5 Ecoboost, XLT with all the options I ever would want. Maxtow option with the 136 liter tank. I have had no issues with it yet. Almost...

I recently submitted oil analysis report for a sample that was pulled 4500 kilometers after this job. It is showing some fuel dilution, & higher levels of Iron and Chromium than I would like to see, I suggested he replace the oil at an early OCI, and possibly follow up with another oil...

is it just standard procedure to replace the pump when doing the job? If the pump was weak would it throw a check engine light or other codes? Is it possible it was only this pump that needed to be replaced, & nothing wrong with lifters?

Yeah, I figured he should do an oil change as soon as possible, and follow up with a 2nd oil change, taking another sample for analysis on 3rd fill. I have seen in past samples that it takes 3 oil changes to flush out remnants of previous oil. I am also not too sure how accurate the analysis...

I think it gets short tripped a lot. It has the DOD - Displacement on Demand, or AFM - Active Fuel Management, which deactivates half the cylinders when the load is light. Not sure how it works or if there is a chance it could still be flooding fuel to the cylinders.

why not a 5w-30?

2018 Chev Silverado. Truck just recently had a lifter job completed at the Chev Dealership. I was worried I might see higher levels of contaminants. I posted the analysis earlier but they used a diesel motor oil as the reference oil This analysis indicates some fuel dilution, which might not...

They have updated the base oil from a Diesel motor oil to the AC Delco 0w-30 they had on file. I never supplied a baseline oil sample, as he's been getting oil changes at dealer and drive up oil change locations. I will Update the report. They now indicate some fuel dilution

Maybe they weren't using the right specs for a virgin oil. looking at some numbers I found on here for an AC Delco Synthetic 0W-30 the Moly might be closer to 73, Boron 220 Magnesium 586. This would flag the Boron with depletion under 50% of virgin, but the Magnesium would be more inline. I...