Oil Sampling
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Oil Sampling
Have read about this subject on this site and other sites. Where is this done, what is the procedure, and what is the cost to do something like this? What will the test show me? Finallly, can other tests be performed to show other results? Sorry for all the questions...I'm under the idea that the test is somewhat like a swimming pool test where through different test solutions one could test for hardness, alkalinity, etc. Please advise. Carmyne
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From: Belvidere, NJ
Usually you buy an oil sample kit, $15 or so. It will contain a sample bottle, lable to fill out and affix to the sample bottle, and a container to send the sample to the lab for processing. Since you've already paid for the kit, the processing/postage is already paid for, just be sure to include you contact information.
Most people pull a sample during the oil change with hot oil, so any wear metals are mixed throughly into the oil and a false high reading is not recieved.
Most people pull a sample during the oil change with hot oil, so any wear metals are mixed throughly into the oil and a false high reading is not recieved.
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Here's a link to a report I received on my truck:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...hp?photo=13383
The reason for the discontinuity in mileage history is that I swapped out the transmission at 95,000 miles or so. That's why you see 94,xxx and then 20,xxx. This sample is of transmission oil.
There are several places that do this sort of work.
With these folks, it costs $19.95 per analysis, if I remember correctly. They'll keep any number of trucks you own in their database for comparison over time. They'll charge your credit card if you want, and send paper reports or reports as pdf files attached to e-mail notes.
They'll send the sample-taking kits free. You fill the bottle, enter data in the form with it (what truck, what miles this fluid was last replaced, what miles you took the sample at, what the sample is (engine, trans, differential), etc., and send it off. The analysis report will come back in a week or so.
I don't do it every change, but I do it if I suspect I've been running the beast hard or changed out something (like I just replaced the head gasket so I'll send in a sample soon).
Regards, DBF
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...hp?photo=13383
The reason for the discontinuity in mileage history is that I swapped out the transmission at 95,000 miles or so. That's why you see 94,xxx and then 20,xxx. This sample is of transmission oil.
There are several places that do this sort of work.
With these folks, it costs $19.95 per analysis, if I remember correctly. They'll keep any number of trucks you own in their database for comparison over time. They'll charge your credit card if you want, and send paper reports or reports as pdf files attached to e-mail notes.
They'll send the sample-taking kits free. You fill the bottle, enter data in the form with it (what truck, what miles this fluid was last replaced, what miles you took the sample at, what the sample is (engine, trans, differential), etc., and send it off. The analysis report will come back in a week or so.
I don't do it every change, but I do it if I suspect I've been running the beast hard or changed out something (like I just replaced the head gasket so I'll send in a sample soon).
Regards, DBF
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