AHHHH!! Thanks for the replies guys, but I JUST typed up a LONG reply and then hit submit, and apparently when listing my viscosity values the !< symbol was taken to be an HTML tag it wasn't allowed! So I had to wait 60 seconds an during the wait a friend of mine sent me one of those "links" that's just a trick that does something stupid to your browser and the reply went away!!!! I coulda sworn I copied it too because that seems like it happens to me a lot!
Oh well, anyways yes the 0.11 appears to be high for water, but I was told a lot of my short trips could've been the cause? My latest 8/3/02 report has only a 0.05 value again. I don't do the samples really cold or "hot", I let the engine warm up a bit just to mix up all the oil so I don't get a misrepresenting analysis report.
A 56ppm AND 34ppm values for iron are high? My 8/3/02 report shows only 29ppm for iron.
I've done flushes after THESE two reports, but not my latest one because around that time it seemed the general consensus was that AFTER already using a high quality oil, it's unnecessary to do a flush. I've been recommending Auto-RX to everyone I see it could benefit after Terry Dyson's first post about it in Noria, and then doing more research about it. But it seems after that product people are saying the $3 can of Amsoil engine flush will also
ruin your engine? So I've done neither cuz $25 is a lot to me on top of the oil/filter/analysis, and if the flush isn't going to be doing much for now anways there's no point to even buy a $3 can of Amsoil flush and its risks.
jjbula, the oil looks just about the same as it always does when I've drained it, just really dark. Above what level is a "so worn out" value for OXD and NOX? My latest 8/3/02 report shows:
OXD: 33.3
NOX: 62.9
TBN: 5.8
Viscosity: 15.7
Are these OXD/NOX values alright? And TBN? The only thing I've really been concerned about is the viscosity since apparently an SAE 30 oil shouldn't go above a 12.5 level. Oh and I changed my filter halfway through each drain interval as recommended, and top it off with another quart of fresh oil to make up for what came out of it.
So how do these results look for the usability of nitrous? I was planning a 50-shot, not that it's a small amount but compared to 100-200 it would be. Or are my results skewed from my drains being too long and/or the possiblity of an EGR related issue raising certain values?