I ordered a kit from Blackstone a few days ago and I have two questions..
1) Do I need to take a sample during an oil change after the vehicle is at temp? It seems this is the best way so there will be lower chances of cold "dilution" of contaminates.
2) I ran a can of sea foam through the gas tank about three fill ups ago and was wondering if there was a chance that the sea foam would contaminate or throw off my analysis results? I've only put about 1200 miles on this OCI of Castrol Edge 5w30 and have treated it as a severe service due to wanting to clean out the crank case a bit and over half of those 1200 miles are highway. To my knowledge, only Dino 5w20 has been in this truck from prior owners.
2002 Ford Ranger 3.0L 68k
1) Do I need to take a sample during an oil change after the vehicle is at temp? It seems this is the best way so there will be lower chances of cold "dilution" of contaminates.
2) I ran a can of sea foam through the gas tank about three fill ups ago and was wondering if there was a chance that the sea foam would contaminate or throw off my analysis results? I've only put about 1200 miles on this OCI of Castrol Edge 5w30 and have treated it as a severe service due to wanting to clean out the crank case a bit and over half of those 1200 miles are highway. To my knowledge, only Dino 5w20 has been in this truck from prior owners.
2002 Ford Ranger 3.0L 68k