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Oil anaysis on my car using MOTORcheckUP kit
Hi all,
I recently purchased MOTORcheckUP, it is an oil analysis kit to test for the contaminants in the oil, including coolant and fuel, indicating the seriousness of the issue.
I ordered mine from opieoils.co.uk here:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-74208-motorcheckup-engine-oil-test-kit.aspx
I last changed my oil on December 28th 2014 using Castrol Edge Titanium 5w40. Since then I have only done 2500 miles, many of which were short trips.
Test was simple, just place a drop of engine oil (at operating temperature) on the test paper and wait for around 20 minutes...
Please see my test results here, along side the chart that represents what it test shows:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133886238@N03/
According to the chart my oil is still in good condition so I'll wait for another few month before changing the oil. I also ordered Gulf Forumla GVX Long life oil (5 litre can), UFI oil filter and 3 litres of Fuchs Titan Sinofluid FE 75 SAE to change my gearbox oil (which hasn't been changed for nearly 200k).
Any questions, please ask.
I recently purchased MOTORcheckUP, it is an oil analysis kit to test for the contaminants in the oil, including coolant and fuel, indicating the seriousness of the issue.
I ordered mine from opieoils.co.uk here:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-74208-motorcheckup-engine-oil-test-kit.aspx
I last changed my oil on December 28th 2014 using Castrol Edge Titanium 5w40. Since then I have only done 2500 miles, many of which were short trips.
Test was simple, just place a drop of engine oil (at operating temperature) on the test paper and wait for around 20 minutes...
Please see my test results here, along side the chart that represents what it test shows:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133886238@N03/
According to the chart my oil is still in good condition so I'll wait for another few month before changing the oil. I also ordered Gulf Forumla GVX Long life oil (5 litre can), UFI oil filter and 3 litres of Fuchs Titan Sinofluid FE 75 SAE to change my gearbox oil (which hasn't been changed for nearly 200k).
Any questions, please ask.
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Going forward, I will change my oil to the Gulf 5w30 longlife and test that at 8 months or 2500 miles whichever comes first.0
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Yes I use a syphon0
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I use old oil , never hurt me when I were a lad
you lot (OP) are paranoid,
have you checked the concentrate in your windscreen bottle , or do you have to buy another "kit" to do that0 -
I think I can see the face of Jesus in that oil stainChange is inevitable, except from a vending machine.0
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no its elvis ,0
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No it's Osama bin Laden.0
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enfield_freddy wrote: »I use old oil , never hurt me when I were a lad
you lot (OP) are paranoid,
have you checked the concentrate in your windscreen bottle , or do you have to buy another "kit" to do that
He doesn't need a kit to check the rear brakes.0 -
he only has 2 brakes on his car0
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