First used oil analysis, thoughts?

2.2TDI

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Just got my first one done and I am curious about your opinions... they say it looks good, I trust them, just wondering what certain values mean and why some of my values are higher then the average values

Note: There's a typo from them, should be 1.9, not 2.0 tdi

 

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A 2.0l ALH? Hmmm
 

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Sorry. I missed that. My bad..
 

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The first 6 metals listed from the top down are your common wear metals your numbers are excellent. Elevated numbers give clues to which components are the source.
i.e.
Aluminum - Pistons, oil pump, cylinder head, vacuum pump
Chromium - Piston rings, or part of steel component alloys
Iron - Crankshafts, Camshafts, Bearing shells, pump gears etc.
Copper - Engine bearings, Camshaft bearings, Turbo Bearings
Lead & Tin - Comprise thin coating overlay on Engine & Cam bearings

Moly
Boron
Calcium
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Zinc

Are oil additives which improve the oils lubrication ability as well as its characteristics.

Hope this helps and for an example my Fe (Iron) readings when my BRM camshaft started to fail were around 190 but it was a sign of trouble pending. It still lasted nearly another 30K until it was replaced.

I see that you are in Ontario 2.2 If you intend to continue UOA I would recommend that you use the services of your local Caterpillar dealer Toromont that has a presence in almost every city. You will get a much faster turnaround keeping it local and as good or better results using a world class UOA lab service provided by Cat dealers since this is a common service depended on heavily by industry. You purchase your prepaid sample container from their parts department and drop it off there as well. No postage or shipping required and results are sent by email or snail mail.
 
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First Oil Analysis - Cost of Sample

How much does a oil analysis like that can cost? thanks g.b.
The Test kit is free.

It consists of 2 labels, and 1 sample plastic container, a zip-lock type baggie, packaging for shipping, and an outer jar for sending in the post.

The Analysis is currently $25 per sample.

~Hope this helps.:)
 

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That's a good looking analysis for 9200 miles. Wear metal are all normal, TBN is great at 7.8 and a high flash point is icing on the cake.
I think that oil is performing great for you and I'd continue with your choices.
On second note: is the distance measured in miles or Kilometers? If miles then you're doing great. If kilometers then you're changing the oil much too soon.
 
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icecap: Thanks for the info, i'll look into the local guys if that's the case, would defiantly love to keep doing oil analysis and try to keep the cost down.

FowVay: It's in kilometers, I was doing my changes every 10,000 km give or take, but now I guess I can extend, I'll do 11,000 km like they mention and see what the results are.
 

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FowVay: It's in kilometers, I was doing my changes every 10,000 km give or take, but now I guess I can extend, I'll do 11,000 km like they mention and see what the results are.
Blackstone, being an American operation, probably thought it was miles too, hence their recommendation for 11k. I'd go to 16,000 km (10,000 miles, which is VW's recommendation here in the states) and take it from there.

Depending on what the UOA finds, you can go beyond that, sometimes by quite a bit.
 

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I was wondering if they thought miles or kilometers, I guess i'll do 11,000 or 12,000km and see what the guys here from CAT say, if I can do more, I sure will, I do a lot of highway driving nowadays... reason I sticked to 10,000km was the PO got their oil changes done at the VW dealer and they we're using castrol 5w-40, and then the last I think 20,000 - 40,000km they we're using castrol 5w-30 according to the invoices
 
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:) Going forward, there is a separate thread for UOAS.
 

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You can safely run 15,000 km service intervals under these conditions. Everything looks just fine. The Blackstone comments are of limited use....

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