Should I Get An Engine Oil Analysis To See When I Should Change My Oil?

Oil analysis is a quick way to gauge the health of your engine by looking at what’s in the oil.

See for yourself how our BestLine Racing Engine Treatment performs in your vehicle. Get these test kits free from BlackStone Laboratories. BlackStone Labs does not indorse BestLine Racing Engine Treatments, but it's the best way to find out for yourself what's going on in your motor. To properly verify this, is to do an oil analysis before using our BestLine Engine Oil Treatment to get a base line of results then test it again after using our BestLine Engine Oil Treatment. 

Standard Analysis

• Spectral exam: Wear metals, additives, coolant, silicon/dirt

• Flashpoint: Fuel, water, and solvent contamination

• Viscosity: Grade/thickness of the oil

• Insolubles: Solids/oil filtration 

       

  Oil Testing can help:  

  • Find problems

  • Extend your oil changes

  • Find antifreeze, fuel, and moisture contamination

  • Prolong the life of your gas or diesel engine

  • See how your oil is performing

     Wear Metals and contaminants

    Aluminum: Pistons, bearings, the case (heads & blocks)

    Chromium: Rings, trace element in steel

    Iron: Cylinders, rotating shafts, valve train, any steel part sharing the oil

    Copper: Bushings, bearings, oil coolers, any bronze or brass part, aftermarket additives

    Lead: Bearings, leaded gas, octane booster, aftermarket additives

    Tin: Bearings, bronze parts

    Nickel: Trace element in steel, plating on some cylinder types

    Silver: Bearings, solder

    Titanium: Some intake valves & connecting rods, aftermarket parts, oil additive

    Zinc: Brass parts (with copper)

    Potassium: Antifreeze, aftermarket additives, flux compound (with aluminum)

    Sodium: Antifreeze, oil additive, sea water in marine engines

    Silicon: Airborne dirt escaping air filtration, sealers, gaskets, lubes, antifreeze inhibitor, oil additive