---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/06/21: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:26 PM - oil analysis (Jon Boede) 2. 08:28 PM - Re: oil analysis (Larry Pine) 3. 09:51 PM - Re: oil analysis (Jetj01) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:21 PM PST US From: Jon Boede Subject: Yak-List: oil analysis I got my oil sample analysis back from AvLab (MetalCheck), but I have no id ea what the results mean. They gave me no numbers to compare it to. Engine is a M-14P with 8 hours SMOH. Values in parts/million: * Iron 14.6 * Copper 2.8 * Nickel < 0.1 * Chromium 0.3 * Silver < 0.1 * Magnesium < 0.1 * Aluminum 1.7 * Lead 193 * Silicon 2.3 * Titanium < 0.1 * Tin < 0.1 * Moly < 0.1 Any idea what these numbers mean? Jon ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:28:29 PM PST US From: Larry Pine Subject: Re: Yak-List: oil analysis Engine oil analysis is trend data. =C2-Unless they find unusually large a mounts of metal, all it does is give you trend information. So one doesn =99t mean much. Takes a few to give you good trend data.=C2- Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, August 6, 2021, 19:37, Jon Boede wrote: #yiv5180355496 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I got my oil sample analys is back from AvLab (MetalCheck), but I have no idea what the results mean. =C2- They gave me no numbers to compare it to. Engine is a M-14P with 8 hours SMOH. Values in parts/million: - Iron 14.6 - Copper 2.8 - Nickel < 0.1 - Chromium 0.3 - Silver < 0.1 - Magnesium < 0.1 - Aluminum 1.7 - Lead 193 - Silicon 2.3 - Titanium < 0.1 - Tin < 0.1 - Moly < 0.1 Any idea what these numbers mean? Jon ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:51:41 PM PST US From: Jetj01 Subject: Re: Yak-List: oil analysis unfortunately Jon, as your first one, especially with a new motor, they mea n nothing. =C2-You need a 'trend' of oil samples to see how your particul ar motor is wearing in. =C2-That being said, nine cylinders all wearing i n with associated accessories.........I wouldn't do another analysis until the engine had settles down, 50+ hours. =C2-Dos Centavos =C2-Jj Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Friday, August 6, 2021, 9:27 PM, Jon Boede wrote: #yiv5781261003 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I got my oil sample analys is back from AvLab (MetalCheck), but I have no idea what the results mean. =C2- They gave me no numbers to compare it to. Engine is a M-14P with 8 hours SMOH. Values in parts/million: - Iron 14.6 - Copper 2.8 - Nickel < 0.1 - Chromium 0.3 - Silver < 0.1 - Magnesium < 0.1 - Aluminum 1.7 - Lead 193 - Silicon 2.3 - Titanium < 0.1 - Tin < 0.1 - Moly < 0.1 Any idea what these numbers mean? Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.