Just got my Blackstone lab results and was a bit nervous since this was my first oil analysis. The oil was in use for 4.5 months since the middle of October '02. The truck is driven 90% city/10% highway with alot of short trips. Anyway, here are the test results:
I got an email from a lube specialist that was really concerned thinking that this analysis was bad due to the spacing when it was posted because the numbers were all jumbled together. To help from this, when trying to space the lines down like this, use the code button
below and it will look just like you print it. example...
Aluminum: 3 4
Chromium: 2 2
Iron: 5 21
Copper: 7 13
now with code button
[ March 25, 2003, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: ED P. ]
Any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.code:
Oil filter: Purolator Premium+
Air filter: OEM Isuzu
Miles on oil 2972
Miles on unit 33642
Make up oil (I like to keep it to FULL mark) 0.4qt
Sample Univ. Average
Aluminum: 3 4
Chromium: 2 2
Iron: 5 21
Copper: 7 13
Lead: 0 1
Tin: 2 2
Molybdenum:61 32
Nickel: 0 0
Manganese:0 0
Silver: 0 0
Titanium: 0 0
Potassium: 1 1
Boron: 105 75
Silicon: 7 11
Sodium: 7 10
Calcium:2663 2252
Magnesium:59 270
Phosphorus:769 835
Zinc: 917 1046
Barium: 0 0
SUS Visc., 210F: 59.1
Flashpoint: 370F
Fuel: less than 0.5%
Antifreeze: 0.0%
Water: 0.0%
Insolubles: 0.3%
I got an email from a lube specialist that was really concerned thinking that this analysis was bad due to the spacing when it was posted because the numbers were all jumbled together. To help from this, when trying to space the lines down like this, use the code button
Aluminum: 3 4
Chromium: 2 2
Iron: 5 21
Copper: 7 13
now with code button
code:
Aluminum: 3 4
Chromium: 2 2
Iron: 5 21
Copper: 7 13
[ March 25, 2003, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: ED P. ]