posed a Q to Blackstone, would like more opinion please..
Q: Have a Honda 1.5 Turbo Civic and concerned about fuel dilution,
my question is are you able to determine the percentage of fuel in my UO
and does a concerned customer really need a follow up after flashpoint
analysis with chromotography analysis?
A: ..and Blackstone's reply
Hi, Greg. Thanks for the email.
Our standard tests can indeed give you a percentage of fuel in your oil, if
it's between 0.5% and 10%. If there's more than 10% fuel present, we can
extrapolate from the flashpoint reading and give you a possible value, but
the ASTM-standard Cleveland Open Cup flashpoint method is technically only
accurate to 10% fuel, so anything above that is just an estimate.
If you have a high level of fuel dilution -- especially if it's above 10%,
and you want a definite measurement of the amount of fuel present -- then I
could see following up with a chromatography analysis, but that's not
something that we do here, so we'd have to refer you to another lab for
that. If you have less than 10% fuel present, this type of flashpoint test
is considered accurate, so I don't think it would be necessary to get an
additional chromatography analysis, but obviously that's your choice. We
can't stop you!
Hope that helps. Let me know if there's anything else we can do for you.
Thanks!
Travis Heffelfinger
Blackstone Laboratories
416 E. Pettit Ave.
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
260-744-2380
www.blackstone-labs.com
Q: Have a Honda 1.5 Turbo Civic and concerned about fuel dilution,
my question is are you able to determine the percentage of fuel in my UO
and does a concerned customer really need a follow up after flashpoint
analysis with chromotography analysis?
A: ..and Blackstone's reply
Hi, Greg. Thanks for the email.
Our standard tests can indeed give you a percentage of fuel in your oil, if
it's between 0.5% and 10%. If there's more than 10% fuel present, we can
extrapolate from the flashpoint reading and give you a possible value, but
the ASTM-standard Cleveland Open Cup flashpoint method is technically only
accurate to 10% fuel, so anything above that is just an estimate.
If you have a high level of fuel dilution -- especially if it's above 10%,
and you want a definite measurement of the amount of fuel present -- then I
could see following up with a chromatography analysis, but that's not
something that we do here, so we'd have to refer you to another lab for
that. If you have less than 10% fuel present, this type of flashpoint test
is considered accurate, so I don't think it would be necessary to get an
additional chromatography analysis, but obviously that's your choice. We
can't stop you!
Hope that helps. Let me know if there's anything else we can do for you.
Thanks!
Travis Heffelfinger
Blackstone Laboratories
416 E. Pettit Ave.
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
260-744-2380
www.blackstone-labs.com