Used Oil Analysis Report With The Motor Oil Geek

So i went 5.785 miles on Amsoil 5W30. Sent a sample off for analysis at speedignostix. Results took about 6 days to get back. Tonight we go over my vehicle oil report.

[hudso]

maybe I'm getting old. I could listen to this stuff for hours. lol.

[timsmothers]

Does it really matter if you get the sample from grabbing some from the drain plug when dumping the oil or if you get the sample via a vacuum pump from the dipstick hole and Into the sample bottle? Just curious because I know you can purchase the vac pump kit to do samples using that method. Good subject material and thanks for the lesson and explanation of the different aspects of all of the Information on the analysis sheet. And I'm also an Amsoil user in my 2005 6.0l Powerstroke. And I've had some fuel dilution elevation but nothing too serious.

[Mrniceguy]

Was this the Amsoil Signature Series 5w30 in this report?

[jimiwright]

The biggest problem in this report is even though it tells you what value of each parameter measured, it doesn't tell you what the range of acceptability is. How are you supposed to know where it is within the range, is it at the bottom, the middle or the top? If you are almost out of specification, wouldn't you want to know?

[kenj.]

Great vid, how long is your ride to work ?