I'm wondering about whether the elevated wear metals on these last two samples is important and I'd appreciate some expert thoughts.
This is a 2022 Ram Cummins. I bought it used last January with about 11k on it. Carfax showed an oil change at 9,500 and again at 11 or so, making this last change the 4th drain. I don't know what oil was in it when I purchased it, but this last sample was Valvoline Premium Blue 10W30. I have no reason to believe there's anything wrong with the engine, but I also saw another user's analysis at 5k with wear metals much closer to the universal averages.
I lack the experience or context to know what to make of these numbers aside from knowing they're high. Is this a new engine still breaking in or should it have settled into a better rhythm by now?
I blacked out Blackstone's analysis to help avoid bias.
This is a 2022 Ram Cummins. I bought it used last January with about 11k on it. Carfax showed an oil change at 9,500 and again at 11 or so, making this last change the 4th drain. I don't know what oil was in it when I purchased it, but this last sample was Valvoline Premium Blue 10W30. I have no reason to believe there's anything wrong with the engine, but I also saw another user's analysis at 5k with wear metals much closer to the universal averages.
I lack the experience or context to know what to make of these numbers aside from knowing they're high. Is this a new engine still breaking in or should it have settled into a better rhythm by now?
I blacked out Blackstone's analysis to help avoid bias.
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