Considering that the vehicle wasn't operated?
Yes. And it’s age. Sitting outside in an open field all that time. I had assumed it would look worse. Didn’t even knock at start-up. Must be a pretty good ADBV. I’ll cut the filter in the next few days.
Well if the engine isn’t operating that won’t affect the spectrographic analysis results at all, and TBN won’t degrade either. That takes the products of combustion to do that. Sometimes people imagine all sorts of things going on inside an engine that’s just sitting when in reality not much at all is happening.
Should there be a time cap for the OP's vehicle if conditions remain seldom driven? Or is some corrosion/moisture possible for prolonged sitting without service? Makes me wonder what the upper cylinders and heads look like. Isn't fogging typically a thing in this situation? Then, there's the bit about fuel system. Maybe fuel stabilizers were added?
I believe so, yes. The bottle is long gone, but I believe it was darker gray.
I was noticing they must not use much sodium in it like they used to. Thank You for the info sir.
In the past they used more than this amount. Additive and I’m guessing they use some other additive that works with sodium. Dunno
Wouldn't the biggest thing be moisture building?
There was a thread on this before, and the conclusion was that there was little ingress of moisture into a typical engine. Compared to the moles of water produced from burning hydrocarbon. And the heat it takes to then react the mixed sulfur oxides.
