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Oil sampling and analysis



Pacman.

ClioSport Club Member
  Did have a R27
Just been thinking about doing an oil sample and analysis of my engine oil in the RS Megane.

We used to do this on aircraft where I used to work and it was a good way to tell if there was anything that shouldn’t be in your engine oil such as water and metal particles.

Has anyone ever tried it on cars? And what is the best kit.
 

Advikaz

ClioSport Club Member
Just been thinking about doing an oil sample and analysis of my engine oil in the RS Megane.

We used to do this on aircraft where I used to work and it was a good way to tell if there was anything that shouldn’t be in your engine oil such as water and metal particles.

Has anyone ever tried it on cars? And what is the best kit.


 

MLB

ClioSport Club Member
I've used Millers for the Clio, M140i and M2, excellent service and they're always available for a bit of a chat if you have any questions.

Prices have doubled since Covid but sill worth it I'd say, especially if you do testing of consecutive batches of oil on the same vehicle.
 

Pacman.

ClioSport Club Member
  Did have a R27
Yeah I think I’m going to do the engine oil and gearbox. Maybe every MOT time.

On aircraft it was great to see how well the aircraft gearboxes and turbine engines are doing. Especially on aircraft from 80 years ago.
 

Advikaz

ClioSport Club Member
Yeah I think I’m going to do the engine oil and gearbox. Maybe every MOT time.

On aircraft it was great to see how well the aircraft gearboxes and turbine engines are doing. Especially on aircraft from 80 years ago.


I’ve done it on my race engines tbf. As you say, can indicate a problem before it becomes a bigger problem
 

LawrenceR

ClioSport Club Member
We do this in the marine industry also. Sometimes as often as every 250hours on generators. It really does give a great insight into what is going on inside the engine and creates a trend analysis. I saw that Opie offer it and thought about it doing it on a couple of my cars on the last oil change, but I ran out of time to be able to get it done.

I also spend my watches underway looking at every running aspect of the Main engines, from oil temps and pressures, to fuel pressures, intake and exhaust temps and individual cylinder head temps, that I feel somewhat uneasy in my cars with little to no information in comparison! But alas it is like that!
 

.Joe

ClioSport Club Member
I've used the millers kit a couple of time's
quite an impressive turn around time on getting the report back to you, calmed a few nerves after getting it back

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Pynerd

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172 PH2
We do this in the marine industry also. Sometimes as often as every 250hours on generators. It really does give a great insight into what is going on inside the engine and creates a trend analysis. I saw that Opie offer it and thought about it doing it on a couple of my cars on the last oil change, but I ran out of time to be able to get it done.

I also spend my watches underway looking at every running aspect of the Main engines, from oil temps and pressures, to fuel pressures, intake and exhaust temps and individual cylinder head temps, that I feel somewhat uneasy in my cars with little to no information in comparison! But alas it is like that!
Out of curiosity, what equipment do you use for this?
 

LawrenceR

ClioSport Club Member
Out of curiosity, what equipment do you use for this?
We have a kit from Spectro. This consists of a little hand-held suction pump that we draw the oil up through a tube into a sample bottle. The sample then gets sent shoreside, where they have unused oil for each piece of our machinery to compare against, and produce a full analysis with traffic light colour coding for early and critical warnings.

Based on this information, we will change the oil, or as is often the case, the sample was taken at an oil change, we will then plan maintenance on the findings.
 

Pynerd

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 172 PH2
We have a kit from Spectro. This consists of a little hand-held suction pump that we draw the oil up through a tube into a sample bottle. The sample then gets sent shoreside, where they have unused oil for each piece of our machinery to compare against, and produce a full analysis with traffic light colour coding for early and critical warnings.

Based on this information, we will change the oil, or as is often the case, the sample was taken at an oil change, we will then plan maintenance on the findings.
What size engines? I work making all sorts of condition monitoring equipment for a lot of industries, including marine. For my car I usually just use a ferrous wear meter to check the oil when I change it, although I've never really had above 10ppm from engine oil (Had around 220ppm from my gearbox which isn't ideal).
 

Sash

ClioSport Club Member
  A Yellow One
lol I think I should do this just for Lolz

Although I run Lucas oil stabiliser in mine so would that affect it?
 


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