Hello,
One of my friends is an owner operator and he bought a 55 gal drum of diesel motor oil for his truck from somebody who told him it was good oil. After the oil was delivered and he looked closely at it he noticed it looked thin. So he sent it in for analysis. He had hoped the analysis would tell him about the specifications of the oil. However, the analysis is apparently designed for used motor oil, to tell you how your engine is doing based on the impurities found in the oil. In any case, I told him about this site and he asked me to post the results in case any of you experts have any opinion about these results. Again, this oil was sent to the lab unused - it came straight out of the barrel. He's scared to put it in his truck. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
I put the oil analysis PDF in my public dropbox folder. The link to the file is below. I can also email it.
Thanks for your help,
Mike
Oil Analysis
One of my friends is an owner operator and he bought a 55 gal drum of diesel motor oil for his truck from somebody who told him it was good oil. After the oil was delivered and he looked closely at it he noticed it looked thin. So he sent it in for analysis. He had hoped the analysis would tell him about the specifications of the oil. However, the analysis is apparently designed for used motor oil, to tell you how your engine is doing based on the impurities found in the oil. In any case, I told him about this site and he asked me to post the results in case any of you experts have any opinion about these results. Again, this oil was sent to the lab unused - it came straight out of the barrel. He's scared to put it in his truck. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
I put the oil analysis PDF in my public dropbox folder. The link to the file is below. I can also email it.
Thanks for your help,
Mike
Oil Analysis
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