Got my oil analysis back... Whats it all mean Basel?!?!
01-12-2004, 12:58 PM
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Got my oil analysis back... Whats it all mean Basel?!?! Blackstone Labs Oil Analysis
the copper and lead seem to be high... i have been having problems with oil pressure since start up... is this analysis showing abnormal bearing wear at all?
Thanks.
the copper and lead seem to be high... i have been having problems with oil pressure since start up... is this analysis showing abnormal bearing wear at all?
Thanks.
01-12-2004, 07:11 PM
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Is this oil analysis from the very first interval after you rebuilt your engine? With any aftermarket rebuild you should always do a couple of low intervals, since you'll have a lot more wear metals in the oil of a rebuild than you would with a factory fresh motor.
This analysis is not going to tell you very much, you'll need to test the next one, or even the one after that in order to really get a good look at what is going on.
If it were me, I would've drained the initial fill of oil after only a short run of maybe 50 miles, then run the second fill for about 500. I'd use the cheapest 10w30 oil for this. Then I'd probably run 2000 miles, also on dino oil, and then switchover to synthetic.
This analysis is not going to tell you very much, you'll need to test the next one, or even the one after that in order to really get a good look at what is going on.
If it were me, I would've drained the initial fill of oil after only a short run of maybe 50 miles, then run the second fill for about 500. I'd use the cheapest 10w30 oil for this. Then I'd probably run 2000 miles, also on dino oil, and then switchover to synthetic.
01-12-2004, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
Is this oil analysis from the very first interval after you rebuilt your engine? With any aftermarket rebuild you should always do a couple of low intervals, since you'll have a lot more wear metals in the oil of a rebuild than you would with a factory fresh motor.
This analysis is not going to tell you very much, you'll need to test the next one, or even the one after that in order to really get a good look at what is going on.
If it were me, I would've drained the initial fill of oil after only a short run of maybe 50 miles, then run the second fill for about 500. I'd use the cheapest 10w30 oil for this. Then I'd probably run 2000 miles, also on dino oil, and then switchover to synthetic.
This analysis is not going to tell you very much, you'll need to test the next one, or even the one after that in order to really get a good look at what is going on.
If it were me, I would've drained the initial fill of oil after only a short run of maybe 50 miles, then run the second fill for about 500. I'd use the cheapest 10w30 oil for this. Then I'd probably run 2000 miles, also on dino oil, and then switchover to synthetic.
yeah ive done like 6 oil changes on the car... 30min startup, 100 mi, 300 Mi, 500mi, 1000mi, all dyno, then ran synthetic redline last 2500 or so... which is what my analysis is based on.
01-13-2004, 04:01 AM
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I guess you've still got a lot of residual wear metals still floating around then due to the low mileage on the rebuild so far. Redline also has a tendancy to clean very well on it's very first interval too, so it can "stir up" a lot of stuff at first.
