[Mgs] Lubricheck - The digital 'blood tester' for your car

[Max Heim]

I wasn't knocking the Sierra Club by any means. I'm a member myself. I was
just saying it seemed like a strange target market for an automotive
maintenance product, since the popular image would be of Prius or EV
drivers.

Or to look at it another way, why wasn't it featured in Road & Track, say?
Because those readers are better informed or less gullible (about auto
products, I mean)?

--

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 5:32 PM, James Schulte at schultejim at msn.com wrote:

> I have been a Sierra Club member and an MG Club member for many years. One
> likes the outdoors and the other likes driving in the outdoors. Kind of like
> Dr Jekyll...you get my point. I also am a member of Delaware River Keepers. We
> like to think we are helping to protect millions of people's drinking water
> and recreation area.
> On another note, a friend in DC is part of a think tank concerned about water
> wars in 20-30 years from now. We are fortunate to have many rivers and lots of
> water, but other countries don't. Oh but I digress. I love my MG's and love
> the people no matter what they feel about tree huggers and river waders (-;
> Safety Fast
> Bring on the oil testers.
> Jim
> 70B
> 74.5 BGT
> 58 Magnette ZB
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jul 8, 2013, at 5:00 PM, "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins at ktc.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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 at 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