Member Since: 18 Sep 2017
Location: On the NC500
Posts: 510
Does anyone do oil analysis on their V6 diesel engine?
To keep an eye on wear levels and maintenance schedules, I always send my old oil to Millers for analysis and watch the trends developing.
If anyone else does the same and is interested in sharing their data with me then I would like to create an amalgamated dataset that I can then publish in the forum.
A larger sample size would give more accurate parameters that we could then use to assess the relative health of our engines.
If there is interest in doing this I will set an email address to send data too.
Thanks!!
10th May 2023 5:31 pm
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 905
I've just had my oil analysed by Finning. More than happy to share the results especially as I don't really know what the numbers mean and am happy to receive comments from the clever people here.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
4th Apr 2024 9:29 am
zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 631
Short of having the oil analysed, perhaps every time we have the oil changed, we should examine by eye the oil filter and see what it has captured.
19th Apr 2024 12:07 am
NC500
Member Since: 18 Sep 2017
Location: On the NC500
Posts: 510
Davethegeo wrote:
I've just had my oil analysed by Finning. More than happy to share the results especially as I don't really know what the numbers mean and am happy to receive comments from the clever people here.
Be great to keep a running comparison between different engines. I think I’ll create a thread to publish the data.
19th Apr 2024 8:10 am
Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 1560
Best place for analysis?
ThanksGary
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19th Apr 2024 10:15 am
Breg90
Member Since: 04 Feb 2017
Location: Falkirk
Posts: 352
Davethegeo wrote:
I've just had my oil analysed by Finning. More than happy to share the results especially as I don't really know what the numbers mean and am happy to receive comments from the clever people here.
I'm not an expert at oil analysis, but I do get the reports for compressors/pumps/GT's at work and have 'some' working knowledge. I'd happily offer an opinion (even if that was 'don't know') if you posted your results.Series one 1949 - in bits, chassis is strapped to the ceiling in my garage (beside the canoe)
LR 90 - In bits
Disco 3 - currently in bits
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