Thank you. Looks like PQIA for 5W30 KS had one ppm of Tin in VOA
Thank you. Can you elaborate on “how ICP report is generated”?
^^^This. 10k a year no need to waste money on a UOA. Seriously, you won’t wear it out.
Meh, 25$ won’t break the bank, and perhaps someone will find it helpful
Not that I’m worried, more so I’m curious. With car’s my manufacturing date falling into the the time range of the engines being recalled, but my VIN not being included, I’m kind of getting mentally ready for the worst. But if I can catch it early enough, 25$ spent on the UOA are justified. My plan is to run another 3k, do another UOA and cut the filter open (got the proper cutter so pictures should be pretty). On this oil change I haven’t noticed anything out of ordinary, nothing visually in the oil drained. Thank you for your feedback
Good idea. I’ve searched online and looks like PQIA had 1ppm of tin in this oil when oil. But to know for sure definitely VOA would make most sense.
My point is that the report numbers are whole intergers. We don't know how the data is reported (displayed) in terms of bias ...
Have to ask the lab and see what the accuracy of the method/equipment is. Regardless 1 ppm Sn is basically irrelevant whether it's 0.5 ppm or 1.4.
Called the lab and inquired about their testing methodology. Essentially, testing equipment they use is “precise” enough to detect as little as 1ppm, however it doesn’t measure in decimals. So 1ppm doesn’t necessarily means there was a “whole” 1ppm detected, just presence of particular metal is identified and round to an even value.
