Whether you are operating heavy duty on- or off-road vehicles or fixed industrial equipment, it pays to have a used oil analysis performed routinely by a specialized lab. Checking the oil that’s ...
Oxidation, fuel dilution, copper, lead, potassium, aluminum, iron and so much more. Used engine oil analysis not only reveals elements and conditions that can help fleets maximize oil life, it also ...
It has been said that oil analysis is 85 percent science and 15 percent art. The science part applies to such things as viscosity, the property in fluid that causes it to resist flow. Laboratory tests ...
If you’re running trucks and not pulling oil samples, you’re missing a critical opportunity to catch something before it becomes a bigger issue. Oil samples are one of the cheapest, most reliable ways ...
An engine oil sample is a lot like a blood sample in that it can show details and warning signs of maintenance problems long before they become catastrophic, but many fleets don’t go through the ...
Sampling and analysis of lubricating oil is now becoming standard maintenance practice. Electric generating plants with inadequate maintenance programs will invariably be unable to compete in today’s ...
The wearing of oil in a mechanical system is a problem that spans the automotive, aerospace and industrial sectors. Because oil is used in mechanical environments, metal particles can become detached ...