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Dave from Redline told me awhile back that one of the racing teams that uses their oils sent them a sample right after they blew the engine apart. He said you would never have known by the analysis that their was major engine component failures. The oil looked fine. [LOL!]"
I hope that from busters comment that RL/ Dave do not outright discount usefulness of Spectro UOA data? If so it would be amazingly ignorant for a maker of a fine lubricant. How long did the engine run after it failed? What failed? It is possible to have catastrophic failure with only minor elemental wear levels indicated so you have to know the metallurgy AND the chemistry used to gain insight into the engine condition. Using blanket thumb nail elementals levels of such and such does not work in the real world... For the hundreth time...
Unless you know much more than what the basic UOA shows,the data is confusing and mostly miss interpreted. The commentary in this thread is consistent with that.
On the SAAB get a good interpretation of the engine instead of relying on lab techs who have little time to do in depth study of the results.
Long term high levels of fuel dilution has been and is a chronic issue for these engines and will destroy the rod end bearings, among other secondary problems.
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[ August 22, 2006, 09:32 AM: Message edited by: Terry ]