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06-08-2010, 11:50 PM | #1 |
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Fine. If you're doing oil analyses you have some basis for determining when the oil really needs changing. Doesn't make economic sense to me, but it's better than going by oil company ad claims.
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06-09-2010, 08:35 AM | #2 |
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Doesn't make economic sense to me either because I'll probably always stick to a 5k OCI, using synthetic oil, but I guess it's worth it to run conventional oil once to see how it and its additive package holds up against a popular synthetic. However, it would be well worth it to the owner that wants to run synthetic and base their OCI on what the lab's TBN showed in a UOA.
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06-09-2010, 12:10 PM | #3 |
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Whatever. I've been in an argumentive, cranky, vile, generally SOBish mood the last few days, and apologize if I've been offensive. But practically, I think good enough is good enough, and will stick with the factory recommendations.
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the only people who need to do oil analysis are: racers anyone who modifies the engine in some way engine designers and then those who do it because they feel it fills some emptiness inside themselves knowing yet some more useless data about something they own |
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06-09-2010, 05:17 PM | #5 | |
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