Got my 1rst Blackstone report

[MaddBaggins]

Everything is looking good. The only #'s that were high turned out to be additives/detergents in the oil. That probably means I could extend my change interval, but more than likely I won't.

Sorry the image is a little small, I was having some trouble resizing.

 

[Hayes]

Nice.
I've been meaning to do this for quite a while, maybe I'll get up the ambition by the next oil change.

 

[RavenTai]

That is a uber clean report.

 

[MaddBaggins]

That is a uber clean report.

Yeah, I sent in that sample a couple of days before taking off on a 1200 mile road trip. That was waiting for me in my email when I got back. 137200 on the clock now and looking good! I was stoked to see that.

 

[450 Cruiser]

That is a uber clean report.

Congrats, MaddBaggins!

If only I can be so fortunate. My 1st sample is still sitting on my workbench. I havn't sent it in for fear of a bad result. If I get even a one borderline result, I'll stress on it for eternity. Not sure I need that...

 

[CELICA XX]

I just requested an oil sample kit from Blackstone...

Will they be able to predict a head gasket failure in the upcoming months ?

 

[Beowulf]

I just requested an oil sample kit from Blackstone...

Will they be able to predict a head gasket failure in the upcoming months ?

Their report will tell you if you have coolant in your oil. A HG can leak internally (see IdahoDoug's posts) or externally (see LX_Treme's posts.)

-B-

 

[CELICA XX]

Their report will tell you if you have coolant in your oil. A HG can leak internally (see IdahoDoug's posts) or externally (see LX_Treme's posts.)

OK, so you can have a bad external HG failure and their report won't show a thing... correct ?

 

[RavenTai]

OK, so you can have a bad external HG failure and their report won't show a thing... correct ?

that is a possibility,

 

[Beowulf]

OK, so you can have a bad external HG failure and their report won't show a thing... correct ?

It can be a "bad" external leak or a "minor" external leak. In both cases, an oil analysis will not show coolant in the oil unless there is also an internal HG leak. One could argue that 'bad HG failure' is redundant.

-B-

 

[CELICA XX]

Just got mine back today.

My head gasket fears have been alleviated...

 

[cary]

Once again proving these engines are easy on oil, the Chevron Delo 400 is a great mineral oil, and 40 weight oils are right in this engines sweet spot.

 

[Pete483]

Here's my external leak

An external leak is pretty easy to find.
This was mine.https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=76137