gilleydog
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How long does it take to get your Blackstone report ?
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I believe they test it the day it arrives and you get an email report within 2 days. That's what they used to say. But I've read online some people waiting a lot longer (maybe that was due to covid/labor shortages?)
I have something I want to test too ...love to hear recent experiences too.
Other places to get UOA's is Oil Analyzers, CAT, Cummins & Fleetguard but the last two are harder to get if you buy direct, but they are also much cheaper to buy if you are buying them direct at $16.21 per UOA kit that includes TBN ( I buy 5 at a time when available to get free shipping) but you pay postage to send to lab about $5.00 that's lot cheaper then Blackstone's $35 base UOA test, $45 with TBN... IMHO Blackstone is okay for cars and pickups, now if you ask the majority of people who semis who they trust to due their UOA's its not Blackstone...Hmmm....
Who are some of the competitors out there? I wonder if they're just as backed up? Although 3 weeks for the application I'm considering wouldn't be a deal-breaker, seeing how I've been sitting on it anyway. Basically I have a seldom-used diesel skid steer with Mobil Dino-diesel oil, where the oil has been in there several years. I bought new oil, was about to change it, but what's in the engine still looks like new. Still blond color, which is odd for a diesel. I might still change it anyway, but I wanted too do a full analysis 'just to see' how the existing oil actually measured up, more out of curiosity than anything else. Less so the metals, etc. There's a lot of myths and oil-change BS on the interwebs. If the report came back real good, I might be inclined push the oil change off a bit. But mostly I want to see how much 'age' has affected it.
Did you run it before looking at the oil? If it sat for years , all the black may be in the bottom of the pan, with any water that has formed, That is my concern with stuff that sits a long time.Hmmm....
Who are some of the competitors out there? I wonder if they're just as backed up? Although 3 weeks for the application I'm considering wouldn't be a deal-breaker, seeing how I've been sitting on it anyway. Basically I have a seldom-used diesel skid steer with Mobil Dino-diesel oil, where the oil has been in there several years. I bought new oil, was about to change it, but what's in the engine still looks like new. Still blond color, which is odd for a diesel. I might still change it anyway, but I wanted too do a full analysis 'just to see' how the existing oil actually measured up, more out of curiosity than anything else. Less so the metals, etc. There's a lot of myths and oil-change BS on the interwebs. If the report came back real good, I might be inclined push the oil change off a bit. But mostly I want to see how much 'age' has affected it.