Oil analysis question

[jrrd54]

Hey Folks,
A few quick questions. I'll be coming up to the 1000mile cleaning phase of the Auto-rx treatment on my two cars.
Do I do an oil analysis on this oil or should I wait until after the rinsing phase?
And I live in Canada, how do I get an oil analysis done? Any trouble shipping oil through customs? What's the process for Canadians?
Thanks a mint

 

[drifter420]

Which part of Canada are you from? Patman hooked me up with a place that I"m waiting for a response to get it done in Mississauga.

EDIT: IMO I would wait till the cleanin phase is done.. probably even after 1 more oil change after the "Recommended" oil rinse cycle to ensure that none of the cleaners are in there to contiminate the readings

 

[TomJones76]

I'd wait until after the rinse phase, but I actually recall a few mid-RX UOAs where the auto-RX really... didn't seem to be changing anything in the UOA.
It doesn't seem customs is a problem. I've seen quite a few Canadian UOAs come out of Blackstone labs.

 

[benjamming]

You probably won't gain a whole lot by doing a UOA in the middle of an ARX cycle. I don't believe ARX won't really show up in the UOA. It didn't in any of mine so far.

 

[JHZR2]

I wouldnt do a UOA during cleaning, rinsing, etc.

I believe that the rinse phase skewed my UOA reading on my truck. Just my thoughts though, based upon how the numbers came out.

I use wear check. They have USA offices and Canadian offices.

I think its www.wearcheck.ca

JMH

 

[darkdan]

My 3300 mile cleaning phase UOA was boring.

13 ppm silicon, 12 sodium, 17 iron, and 4 alum.

Nothing exciting.....

So imagine what a 1000 or 1500 mile UOA would look like....more boring.

But at least I didn't get an insane wear from the double long cleaning phase (of course, this was the 2nd clean phase).

 

[LarryL]

It looks like WearCheck is not geared to private individuals doing just one or two cars. Everything I saw on their site was for larger operations.

 

[yugrus]

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Originally posted by LarryL:
It looks like WearCheck is not geared to private individuals doing just one or two cars. Everything I saw on their site was for larger operations.

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They nevertheless provide their services to individuals and they are actually very good service-wise. They are very fast, their reps are very friendly and they host your results in their web-based maintenance tracking system, regardless of numbers of cars you have.

 

[Terry]

I interpret lots of wearcheck raw data because they are handy for the BITOG CANUCKS , but I prefer to assist those who assist BITOG and get all this neat format and data to share.

Try a site sponsor before heading elsewhere.

Blackstone and Butler offer really high quality products and support BITOG forums.

I know a good analyst to interpret that data too, no matter where it comes from, and has lots of experience with auto-rx.

www.bobistheoilguy.com/terry.html

 

[Patman]

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Originally posted by LarryL:
It looks like WearCheck is not geared to private individuals doing just one or two cars. Everything I saw on their site was for larger operations.

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You can definitely buy single kits from them for your car's oil analysis. But your best deal is if you buy a box of 12, then you save $10 per kit! I've been using Wearcheck Canada for a couple of years now and am very impressed with their speedy service.