Agree on sending oil to the labs. Don't sell Sierrans short though.
They have a way of being hardy individualists. I've been a Sierra Club
Member for decades.
CR
On 7/8/2013 2:18 PM, Max Heim wrote:
> There are services where you can send an oil sample for analysis. Doing this
> once, just to ease your mind, would probably cost about the same, and would
> doubtless be a lot more accurate. I can't see a cheap digital device doing
> the job of a laboratory laser spectrometer.
>
> I have to say, it seems odd that this was advertised in Sierra -- not
> exactly a haven of auto DIYers. Makes me wonder, a bit...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
> on 7/8/13 10:32 AM, Don at don@napanet.net wrote:
>
>> I just saw this product mentioned in the latest Sierra Club
>> magazine. It's a device for checking the condition of the oil in
>> your car's engine. Price is less than $50. I have always changed
>> oil at 3k miles, but I have not been using time as a factor, just
>> miles. Some of my cars don't accumulate 3k miles in three years.
>> The factors this device is supposed to be able to check
>> are: acidity, metal particulates, carbonized particulates, and
>> foreign liquids.
>> :
>> http://www.lubricheck.com/demo/home/resources
>>
>> Anyone out there know anything about the device? Any thoughts? I am
>> thinking I may just buy one unless I read or hear something negative.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Don Scott, Calistoga CA USA / 1955 MGTF, 1962 MGA Mk 2, 1967 MGB,
>> 1963-7 MGB (seeking), Misc. Japanese cars
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