[Spridgets] New Engine oil change

[Guy Weller]

Kent wrote:....

I agree with the others who say to change the
filter now. Also, you can send a sample of the oil
to a lab to be analyzed as to it's metallic
contents. A friend of mine runs a high performance
boat with twin supercharged 502s. He sends a
sample to the lab at every oil change for
analysis. It has saved him a fortune by predicting
bearing wear due to the contents in the oil. Since
the cylinders, rings and bearings are all made of
different metals, they can be identified and
severe wear can be predicted.

Kent


Then what? You have had the oil analysed and it
identifies which part of the engine the metal
particals have come from. Assuming the engine is,
as Daniel's, in a bedding in phase and wear is
both anticipated and beneficial what do you do
then with the information from the lab?  Come to
that, even on a run-in engine what beneficial use
can the normal owner make of that sort of
information?

Guy


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