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Fuel dilution of engine oil - responses
- Subject: Fuel dilution of engine oil - responses
- From: "Bird, Garry" <BIRD@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:10:28 -0400
>Subject: Re: Fuel dilution of engine oil
>Would you mind telling us who does the analysis and how much it costs?
>Neil
Response: I get the analysis done by a local oil analysis outfit. I hear
Amsoil also offers oil analysis. Locally I pay about $16 cad.
>From: Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Fuel dilution of engine oil
>At 09:59 AM 8/24/00 -0400, Bird, Garry wrote:
>I get my engine oil analyzed each time I do an oil change. 7000 kms ago,
>the oil analysis came back and indicated 1.5% fuel dilution in my engine
>oil. Hand in hand with this fuel dilution situation was the fact that my
Did you send them some stock from a bottle to see what they reported ?
Response: Actually, they have the "new oil data" on the sheet so a person
can compare what the new oil looks like compared to their sample. I didn't
actually send them a new oil sample right from one of my bottles. After
all, the oil is factory sealed and from a reputable manufacturer so I
wouldn't expect that the oil is substandard.
Garry Bird
bird@xxxxxxx
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