|
I said/meant, w/o a trend it woould be pointless. wear metal found in engine oil can be fine. I am currently working on F-15C fighter jets and just to throw some hypothetical #'s out their an engine could have an iron reading of 1 and the same type of engine out of a different jet/car with the same type of oil could have an iron reading of 48. both engine could be perfectly fine; now say that 1st engine w/ a reading of 1 went from having a 1 to having a 9 in the course of 2 flying hours or, 3000-5000 miles it could be in some major trouble something on that engine is wearing abnormaly and is about to go bad. while still it only has a reading of 9 and engine #2 is still up at 48. so say u sent in ur oil sample and never got that reading of 1. When u sent it in it read 9. even though ur engine that ran 9 in probably in alot worse shape than the guy who had a reading of 48 all that u have to go by is that one reading and only looking at that 1 reading the engine with a 48 is gonna look alot worse.
Hard to convey through typing what I am getting across..basiclly what i am saying is you are only getting a snapshot of how ur engine is doing w/o being able to build up that trend its really pointless, and the way it sounded in this thread these guys r wanting to send their oil in to see where their car is. when in reality it would take many tests to find out whats going on. hope that helps clear it up.
I currently test the oil in my 99 prelude every 1000 miles.
|