8.3 Cummins/Rotella

[opus]

Thoughts/comments?

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[Quattro Pete]

Looks fine. Why such a short sample interval? Is the oil still in there or have you dumped it?

 

[The motor guy]

Looks good. I'm sure you could do 15,000 mile oci since I bet it has around a 20qt sump.

 

[opus]

The first sample I took was high in soot. They suggested doing it at 3000 mi next. That was the only thing wrong before, everything was good aside from that. I had to high idle it over night one night and I think thats where things went [censored] up.

Oil is still there, 25 qts is what it holds. So you think 15k on it would be ok or maybe a little less to be safe? This oil sample stuff is all new to me.

 

[dnewton3]

Overall I'd say it's fine.

Blackstone doesn't do the "soot" but does list insolubles, which is a combination of soot and other non-soluble entities.

I'd say you could go futher next time if this type of report repeats itself.