Virgin means from an unopened bottle?

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My vehicle requires 5.2L of oil.

I have been using QHorsepower 5W30 for the past couple of OCIs but with the goofy sump size I have leftover QH. Has anyone seen QH as a VOA? If not I am willing to send it in for analysis but I am just wondering if this unused but exposed to air oil affects the analysis?
 
Short-term exposure to air only counts as "heavy petting." I think you're OK.
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Originally Posted By: Bluestream
What's your sump size? Why notjust overfill a bit? Mine truck takes 4.7L, and I always put in 5L


Calls for 5.2 litres :(.
 
Originally Posted By: GROUCHO MARX
It's nice of you to offer but save your dough for a UOA.


I dont mind giving back to BITOG. And given that I am using QH in my cars a VOA would help in the analysis of a QH UOA.
 
Then just put in 5L and be done with it. The add mark on the dipstick is going to be when it down one liter, so 5 is stiil more than when you would add on the dipstick marks. 200ml of oil will make no diff
 
Originally Posted By: Bluestream
Then just put in 5L and be done with it.


That's easy enough when one has individual litre bottles but the sale was for 4.4 litre jugs which I stocked up on.

I am not complaining too much.
 
Originally Posted By: Bluestream
What I do then is buy a litre of the same stuff and top it up. Save the remainder for next change/top up


You and I think alike
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. That is what I have done for the past couple of changes. So I used some of the left over from the 1 litre bottle(s) for the virgin sample that I sent off this afternoon.
 
I've had some weird VOA's from unopened bottles that I didn't shake before sending out. Could certainly be the lab and I know VOA's can be pretty subjective, but I wonder how much separation there is of additives when oil sits undisturbed for a while?
 
A virgin oil analysis should really be stated as a, "Clean Oil Analysis."


It simply means oil that has not been run in a machine or tampered with.

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I've had some weird VOA's from unopened bottles that I didn't shake before sending out.


Ummm, how can you get a VOA ("Clean Oil Analysis")
if you don't open the bottle?
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Originally Posted By: MolaKule
A virgin oil analysis should really be stated as a, "Clean Oil Analysis."


It simply means oil that has not been run in a machine or tampered with.

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I've had some weird VOA's from unopened bottles that I didn't shake before sending out.


Ummm, how can you get a VOA ("Clean Oil Analysis")
if you don't open the bottle?
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He must send the whole bottle in and then they magically extract it.
 
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