sarabande
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Is there anyone on the Forum who does oil analysis, or who can recommend a good service supplier please ?
engine oil analysis
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Sans Bateau
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I bought my 5 ltrs from a Shell petrol station, no big deal, the service was as good as you can expect, didn't buy fuel on that occasion so I had to enter into conversation with the 'migrant worker', on the till, to the extent of him asking "what pump?", were I said, "just the oil", that was it painless.
oldsaltoz
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G'day Sarabande,
Oil analysis is normally carried out by contracted services and they are limited in number. Companies that use them require an independent set of results or customers tend not to trust the findings.
If you ring any of the major distributors of heavy equipment like bulldozers they can point you in the right direction, not cheap thou'
Avagoodweekend......
Oil analysis is normally carried out by contracted services and they are limited in number. Companies that use them require an independent set of results or customers tend not to trust the findings.
If you ring any of the major distributors of heavy equipment like bulldozers they can point you in the right direction, not cheap thou'
Avagoodweekend......
oldsaltoz
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G'day Sarabande,
Oil analysis is normally carried out by contracted services and they are limited in number. Companies that use them require an independent set of results or customers tend not to trust the findings.
If you ring any of the major distributors of heavy equipment like bulldozers they can point you in the right direction, not cheap thou'
Avagoodweekend......
Oil analysis is normally carried out by contracted services and they are limited in number. Companies that use them require an independent set of results or customers tend not to trust the findings.
If you ring any of the major distributors of heavy equipment like bulldozers they can point you in the right direction, not cheap thou'
Avagoodweekend......
misterg
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My info is a few years out of date, but SWMBO used to work as an oil analyst for Wear Check in N. Wales. (Formerly part of Robertsons Research).
At that time, most of the big plant manufacturers used them for their oil analysis - Caterpillar included. She hadn't been there very long when she had to ring the owner of a humungous Caterpillar grader or some-such in Ireland, and recommend that he pulled it out of service to investigate the gearbox. Although polite, he wasn't best pleased, as it would cost him X £10,000 a day. There was a call a couple of days later, with someone asking for her specifically - It was the owner of the Cat, calling to say thanks, as they had stripped the gearbox and found a failing bearing but no major damage. Had it gone completely, it would have trashed the whole gearbox, and the thing would have been laid up for weeks.
They used to do a postal service, where they sent out a syringe & a return package. You took the oil sample and sent it back for analysis (was about £10-15 a throw).
Are you clear what you expect to learn from oil analysis - it only really makes sense if you've got a lot of data for similar units and operating conditions, or have been monitoring trends for a period of time.
Andy
At that time, most of the big plant manufacturers used them for their oil analysis - Caterpillar included. She hadn't been there very long when she had to ring the owner of a humungous Caterpillar grader or some-such in Ireland, and recommend that he pulled it out of service to investigate the gearbox. Although polite, he wasn't best pleased, as it would cost him X £10,000 a day. There was a call a couple of days later, with someone asking for her specifically - It was the owner of the Cat, calling to say thanks, as they had stripped the gearbox and found a failing bearing but no major damage. Had it gone completely, it would have trashed the whole gearbox, and the thing would have been laid up for weeks.
They used to do a postal service, where they sent out a syringe & a return package. You took the oil sample and sent it back for analysis (was about £10-15 a throw).
Are you clear what you expect to learn from oil analysis - it only really makes sense if you've got a lot of data for similar units and operating conditions, or have been monitoring trends for a period of time.
Andy
chrishelen
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You used to be able to test it yourself at one time,i think it was called "The speedy moisture test kit"it was like a little chemistry set and it told you various things such as fuel content ect,dont know if the kit is still available though,why would you want to test it?unless you are talking many gallons i would just renew the oil.all in my most humble opinion of course.
youngwrinkley
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Hi Sarabande,
When I bought Barbary Rose, the oil in the gearbox was grey! so I searched on the internet for an oil alalysis company and found
http://www.theoillab.co.uk/
I sent them a sample of the oil and circa £25 and they came back and said that it had water and salt in it amongst other things - yes it was a water cooled gearbox that had corroded through its waterways.
Excellent service.
When I bought Barbary Rose, the oil in the gearbox was grey! so I searched on the internet for an oil alalysis company and found
http://www.theoillab.co.uk/
I sent them a sample of the oil and circa £25 and they came back and said that it had water and salt in it amongst other things - yes it was a water cooled gearbox that had corroded through its waterways.
Excellent service.
Billjratt
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I've seen an analysis somewhere in this computer. It looked as if it was a regular thing done to large expensive engines and was very pre-emptive and accurate. The crew were able to take appropriate action before damage was done, and the information/analysis given pinpointed the problem area. Just can't remember where I saw it. Tried Googling?
BIG_PLANS
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If you have a look on my site below you can see an example report from the oil lab. Use regularly and found very good.
Mike
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