I've read/searched up a few older threads, but was wondering if there is any newer decently priced places in Canada (Ontario preferably) that does used oil analysis by mail/will send a kit (or is in the Burlington/Oakville/Milton/Hamilton/Mississauga areas)??
I've got a 5.7 Hemi that does tick a bit so wanted to get an idea on whats going into the oil so I know if I should start saving or not!
Will I be able to tell from one analysis or will it take a few? Never done one before :/
Thanks!
I'm in the golden horseshoe and just ship it to Blackstone. I think it took like 2 or 3 days last time for them to analyze it once the packaged arrived.
I also have a 5.7. Best thing you can do for these, drop the oil and put in a good 30 grade. Bunch of us run HPL, Redline, or Mobil 1 FS 0w-40 with a shot of biotech lubeguard (the lubeguard is only used with M1 0w-40, not with HPL/RL as HPL has gobs of moly already, and RL is quite good in that area too).
The common theory is that these engines do well with a high dose of moly which those oils do have. It may reduce/eliminate your ticking noise, but the tick isn't necessarily a symptom of cam/lifter failure as these engines are quite noisy, especially on a cold start with cheap thin oil. Once the engine is hot, running a good 30 or 40 grade, and bonus points for moly... they quiet down.
Couple other reasons a hemi could tick:
- noisy injectors (super fast and light ticking)
- exhaust manifold tick (most noticable on a cold start, reduces/goes away as it heats up)
- thin oil
- lifter/cam failure
Not all failures show up in UOA reports. A UOA is looking for a tiny microscopic window of iron/wear metals. UOA's are best used by establishing a base line over time, and then if you see wear metals trending up over 2+ samples (or a huge spike in the latest) you can usually tell something is wrong. But for your first UOA, it won't really tell you much.
If you can post a video of your engine making the noise we might be able to guess one way or the other what it is.
