SUNRG
Top Post Dawg
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2003
- Location
- Roanoke, VA
- TDI
- None currently. Previously owned 04 Golf TDI & 05 Passat GLS Wagon TDI
PD Oil Information & Analysis
It's going to really stink if USPS has lost this sample since the would have been the very first PentosynthTS UOA.
As much as I like OA and all the data they return for a very low price (easily the best deal in the industry), I recently learned that there's a CAT Fluid Analysis lab less than 2 miles from my office. I went by and met with the lab manager and he said if I drop a sample off in the morning the analysis will be done that day, or at latest, next day (plus no shipping costs). The downside is that their SOS analysis does not include TBN, and two or three of the additives OA tests.
When I mailed the PentosynthTS 505.01 sample to the OA lab I also paid for delivery confirmation from USPS. That was 6/2, and according to USPS, today 6/10 the oil sample has still NOT been delivered.on Monday i'll be sending the lab a sample of <font color="red">PentosynthTS 505.01</font> with 5210 miles on it from our 2004 Jetta Wagon (ODO = 40578).
during this 5210 OCI i changed the fuel filter (removed OEM Bosch and installed MANN), performed a LM Diesel Purge (PDF), and changed the air filter. all were done toward the end of the OCI. i don't know what (if any) effect these things may have on the UOA results but since they're variables they should be noted.
the last OCI on this vehicle returned an excellent Elf Excellium DID UOA, and it'll be interesting to see how the PentosynthTS stacks up...
It's going to really stink if USPS has lost this sample since the would have been the very first PentosynthTS UOA.
As much as I like OA and all the data they return for a very low price (easily the best deal in the industry), I recently learned that there's a CAT Fluid Analysis lab less than 2 miles from my office. I went by and met with the lab manager and he said if I drop a sample off in the morning the analysis will be done that day, or at latest, next day (plus no shipping costs). The downside is that their SOS analysis does not include TBN, and two or three of the additives OA tests.