We come to your home to extract a small sample of oil from your car and send it to the lab for analysis. Takes about 15 minutes. We do all the work for you and you get the report in about 1-2 weeks by email. Safe, quick, simple.
You get a report that shows the condition of the oil and can help identify potential problems with your engine.
Oil analysis is a quick, easy way to gauge the health of an engine (or any oil system) by looking at what’s in the oil.
Provides an easy-to-use, understandable, fast, and accurate oil analysis program.
At the heart of our program is ICP (inductive coupled plasma) spectrometry, database averages for comparing wear, and a comments section on each report that explains — by humans, in plain English! — what your results mean.
Because motor oil travels throughout your engine, a sample of used motor oil reveals a lot about the health of your engine as well as the condition of the oil itself. Are the bearings okay? Are the injectors leaking? Does the oil need to be changed sooner?
Put another way, just like a ruler measures length, used oil analysis measures engine wear, and similar to a doctor taking a blood sample, used oil analysis provides a “health report” on the engine without having to open up the engine.
Utilizing atomic emission spectroscopy, used oil analysis reveals the amount of wear occurring within an engine and reports it in parts per million of each element. For example, high levels of copper and lead indicate bearing wear. High levels of aluminum indicate piston scuffing, and each report provides these details in plain English – no chemistry degree required!
Fortunately, used oil analysis does not stop at indicating wear metals. Used oil analysis also reveals contaminants such as fuel dilution, water, anti-freeze and airborne dirt/sand. Contamination levels provide insight into the tune up of the engine. High levels of fuel dilution indicate possible problems with the fuel injectors, which are common with Ethanol blended fuels. Again, each report highlights and provides guidance related to contamination in plain English.
Finally, used oil analysis provides trend analysis which reveals the “health trend” of the engine. Catching problems early saves time and money.