Smoke99Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: SW FL

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first Oil analysisbottling up a sample and sending to Blackstone
will post results later
this on the SRT 8 I have been tinkering on for months now
post valve job and 4,000 miles on the oil after
lets see what we see!

 

Originally Posted by Ol*Geezer2018How many total miles are on the eng...? Curious,. what showed as valve problems ?..

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motor has 171,000 miles on it
the valves didnt really show an issue

I was loosing coolant, did a cold pressure test and found the gasket was blown
likely happened last summer when it over heated and had to be towed in
hit thermal shut off in August, had it towed to the shop
the lower end looked good with the heads off
you could still see the crosshatch in the cylinder bores
bottom of the motor is tight as a drum
not a drop of ANYTHING leaking out of it


put it all back together after 2 weeks in the machine shop with the heads
they had a machine go down that was required to surface aluminum heads
so I had to wait! put fresh mobile one in it then, its been the only oil in it
as far as I am aware 0w-40
had it at the track 2 weeks ago pulled a 1/4 mile in 12.54 sec on street tires
so I am pretty sure the motor will be ok, but like to know what the oil says

 

well Blackstone has sent me the report
gotta run it 1000 miles and give them another sample
since I just redid the top end and basically am going thru a break in
there are metals present that may or may not be an issue

 

Not having done an oil analysis,
Can you give any details/procedures/costs and an address/website?
are you part of any of the Mopar clubs in the Tampa area? Mopar Syndicate etc?



I used Blackstone labs, they charge 28 bucks for the basic testing on a gas motor.
You can go online and request a test kit for free and its postage paid, go online first just google blackstone labs
make sure you pick the correct one, there is one for some kind of vitamin pill also
https://www.blackstone-labs.com
set up your account, you can prepay your test here also so its on file when it arrives
about 4 days from the time they get the sample you get an email with a PDF
detailing metal content in the oil, coolant etc and what the amounts suggest about your engine.
since I had just rebuilt the top end of my motor I will have to pull another sample in a 1000 miles

and test again to get a clear picture of what the levels mean
if they indicate wear issues or just normal break in metals present from the rebuild
for instance I had a tiny amount of coolant and silicone present both could be due to the intake and heads
being off and replaced as well I had some metals that may indicate worn rings


you grab the sample mid oil drain in a small bottle, it goes in the larger package included with it.
drop in the mail. wait impatiently like the rest of us!
cheers hope this helps, there are several places you can get your oil tested
at work we buy a product called Shaffers its a synthetic and they and they provide

testing free to us as customers. I had heard of Blackstone before and figured 30 bucks was
worth a shot.