About $20, and they send you another test kit when = they return the results.
You drain some oil into a little black plastic tube, = which gets wrapped in plastic, then put into a cardboard mailing = tube. Results takes about 1-2 weeks, and they send you back a = very detailed analysis with notes explaining what the various findings = mean.
Some of the things they test for (off the top of my =
head):
1. Copper, nickel, manganese (bearing wear)
2. Iron (cylinder wall scuffing)
3. Coolant (leaking head gaskets)
4. Unburned hydrocarbons (over rich fuel mix)
They also include averages for other engines of the = same type, using data from their databases so that you can = compare.
Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Cesar Baptista [mailto:cesarali@earthlink.net=
]
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:03 PM
To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN; =
vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: What does an oil analysis cost?
What does this type of lab-work cost? How much of a = sample do you submit?
From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN =
<bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Reply-To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN =
<bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:10:32 -0700
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Waterboxer longevity and oil =
analysis
I have been doing this with every oil change for a = year now, in order to start creating some bench marking. I use = Blackstone Labs
If anyone else out there is using their service (or = another) and wants to compare results, it may be interesting. = (Heck, I may even publish it on a web site!). I began testing my = engine at about 30,000 miles (it now has about 45,000 miles), so it = should be showing a relatively "healthy" chemistry. =
This could be a pretty interesting project...
Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C=
OM]On Behalf
> Of Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 8:50 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Waterboxer longevity and oil analysis =
>
>
> I forgot to mention another technique for =
checking your engine
> condition, and that is having an oil analysis =
done.
> http://herguth.com
> sells a kit for $19.95 called their oil =
analysis kit. You collect a
> sample of engine oil with at least 2000 miles =
of service and in a week
> you get a complete report on its =
condition. Metals indicate bearing
> wear, coolant and water are also measured. I =
did do this to
> my used 2.1
> engine and it passed with flying colors. =
>
> Well worth $19.95! Unfortunately, my '65 =
MGB came back with lots of
> copper in the oil, evidence of a worn out =
bearing, even though my oil
> pressure is excellent. Probably a cam =
bearing.
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Manager, Case Program
> 800-909-8244 ext. 8208
> Fax: 206-269-6360
>
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