Assuming it actually works as advertised, I could see the manager of a fleet
of taxis or delivery vans using this device. But it seems insane overkill
for extreme low-mileage vehicles such as yours.
Assuming your cars are in basically OK condition, in 3000 miles, are you
going to have excessive metallic particles? Excessive carbon? Foreign
liquids? Seems rather unlikely.
There are services where you can send an oil sample for analysis. Doing this
once, just to ease your mind, would probably cost about the same, and would
doubtless be a lot more accurate. I can't see a cheap digital device doing
the job of a laboratory laser spectrometer.
I have to say, it seems odd that this was advertised in Sierra -- not
exactly a haven of auto DIYers. Makes me wonder, a bit...
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 7/8/13 10:32 AM, Don at don@napanet.net wrote:
> I just saw this product mentioned in the latest Sierra Club
> magazine. It's a device for checking the condition of the oil in
> your car's engine. Price is less than $50. I have always changed
> oil at 3k miles, but I have not been using time as a factor, just
> miles. Some of my cars don't accumulate 3k miles in three years.
> The factors this device is supposed to be able to check
> are: acidity, metal particulates, carbonized particulates, and
> foreign liquids.
> :
> http://www.lubricheck.com/demo/home/resources
>
> Anyone out there know anything about the device? Any thoughts? I am
> thinking I may just buy one unless I read or hear something negative.
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> Don Scott, Calistoga CA USA / 1955 MGTF, 1962 MGA Mk 2, 1967 MGB,
> 1963-7 MGB (seeking), Misc. Japanese cars
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