if i was gonna buy a car and someone told me this....i wouldnt buy it.

 

where do you even go for an oil analysis? :eh:

 

I usually run Valvoline. I used to run Mobil 1 in my last car, but it got to be too pricey. I figure if it's SAE certified, it's fine.

 

Well that's your prerogative - I know someone who ran his jeep a half million miles with 15K intervals on Redline and it was still running great last I heard. I also know someone who religiously changed the oil on her 98 Mustang, and still had major engine troubles at 75K miles.

The Sentra I bought recently had regular oil changes before I bought it - and though it runs great, it leaks oil like a sieve at 102K miles.

 

www.blackstone-labs.com

There are several companies that do engine oil analysis, but these came highly recommended by several people at a Maxima forum.

 

there are a lot of...

lets say...

eccentric people here.

first ive heard of this though.

 

If the oil filler cap says 5W-30, wouldn't you use this? I'll believe Honda on this one.



And to further add to deja vu...

Synthetic or Regular? What is truly best for our cars?

 

5w is just too thin

 

Well, I guess if you consider it eccentric to want to know what is happening inside your car, and make sure you are doing what you can to make it last longer (provided you plan to keep it for a while), then call me eccentric.

IMO, $18 is a small cost next to an engine rebuild. And it is a lot cheaper and easier than tearing the engine apart to see how everything is wearing - and it can tell you the same things, by measuring levels of particualer metals in your oil. High lead means premature bearing wear. Chromium = rings, etc.

Of course, I won't do this every oil change - just until I find something that works well.

 

interesting, i bet my girl would get a kick out of that.

mailing caustics and flammables is crazy expensive though.