Just got my latest results. I had a theory that my fuel dilution was related to a part of my driving habits. Most of my driving is not super short, but I had a bunch of quick runs to a nearby store mixed in, in the past. I eliminated the majority of that, in hopes the dilution was coming from the engine not fully warming/going through a full heat cycle, leaving excess fuel. I may still have a leaky injector, or injectors, but my numbers went way down, back to normal.
My other theory was that my increasing lead numbers were related to the fuel.. less so that it was thinning the oil, more so that it was making it harder for oil to stick to parts (bearings) as well as it should. Both fuel & lead had been going up together at the same rate over time. Lead also plummeted in this sample to a range that doesn't really concern me for now, but it's not off the radar.
Then again, it could be random.. but it's a notable change, considering the trend in my reports before this, and they still changed together at the same rate.
But of course, with that, there is a new concern. I've never had a trace of anything suggesting coolant in any samples in the past, but now I'm getting a little sodium. The only change other than eliminating very short drives was I switched from mobile 5W40 to rotella 5W40, but they tell me neither of those oils use sodium.
Wasn't very long ago that I did a combustion gas test of the coolant & compression test, both of which easily passed, and I haven't had any other symptoms to worry me about the head gasket. Guess I'll be putting this on the list now for monitoring. Wouldn't be too surprising, being the original, and I'm at 240k.