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Old Jan 29, 2015 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Lacoven
How do you go about sending that in for analysis?
The most popular lab in the US would be Blackstone Labs, but Wearcheck is also a great lab (that's who I use here in Canada, lucky for me they are located 5 minutes from my work, making sample dropoffs easy and my turnaround time is usually under 48 hours!)
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Old Jan 29, 2015 | 06:57 AM
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Interesting stuff. Maybe I feel a little better about my oil load.
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Old Jan 29, 2015 | 10:11 AM
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The only thing I would add on the analysis sheet is TBN. It's the TBN level that actually tells you how much add pack is left. This analysis did not have a TBN done. Other than that, doesn't look to bad.
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Old Jan 30, 2015 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Lacoven
How do you go about sending that in for analysis?
Go to their web site listed at the bottom of mine and they will send you info and materials needed to start oil analysis when you ask. The cost is $25 when they receive your sample

TBN cost another $10 and I was changing the oil anyway. Going longer between changes is really not my goal here. Just piece of mind, on a totally new engine design, before possible mods to programming

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