this high?

The only thing that jives with what Blackstone said was that I did run an emissions formula during my recent bout with passing emissions.

Thoughts are appreciated

Thanks

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WOW - Spun bearing perhaps? I'd retest at the next oil change for sure.

Hmm. Do you know of anyway to test for this prior to having my next oil sample analyzed? The car seems to be driving better than ever.

Would I see effects of a spun bearing across the board as far as other elements present in the oil sample?

I can't comment on the spun bearing, but those are some really high numbers. Check out the oil analysis spreadsheet and you won't see numbers anywhere near there even on the high mileage and FI cars.
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Right, and Im wondering even if I had spun a bearing, the numbers might not even be that high. Im thinking it's very possible that the emissions formula I ran had something to do with the numbers.

If you spun a bearing, you wouldn't be able to drive the car. AMHIK! If the car is driving fine and you are not using any oil/getting blue smoke out of the tailpipe, maybe you contaminated the sample somehow. Short change the next oil change and take another sample. Make sure you take a good sample(ie.. directly into the container from the oil pan as the oil drains out)

Notice the interval length and the oil used.





Yet another strike against Valvoline.



Seriously though, I would take another sample for trending purposes and to make sure something screwy didn't take place.


I would definitely change the brand of oil. Get the Valvoline out of there, as it's clearly not doing anything to help you.

Thanks for the responses guys, I followed the Blackstone instructions and tried to get a sample towards the middle when I drained. I could see that I didnt wait long enough (I counted to 5) and it's possible that the emissions formula I used during my last oil interval could have settled at the bottom of the pan and in turn caused my copper and lead readings to be so high.

Jeff: your post put my mind at ease as my car does seem to be driving well. I just changed a faulty o2 sensor as well which just about summarizes my maintenence in the past few weeks.

Bill: 3000 miles ago, the oil and lubricants board was not around so I hadn't seen the feedback on Valvoline. I had previously used a generic type of 10w30 but there was a sale on Valvoline last time I changed my oil. I have since changed to Mobile Drive Clean 10w30 upon your recommendation.

How long should I wait to take another sample? I changed my oil on Sunday and it has approximatley 60 miles on it to date.

For dino oil, Castrol GTX seems to test out very well. Even better than some low end synthetics.

How about you take another sample at 1000 miles? But don't change the oil until you get the result back. Ask them to email you the result to get a data back faster.

Watch your coolant color just in case you are by some fluke, getting oil into the coolant jackets though the headgaskets. Very unlikely from but you want to be observant until you find out what's up. Good luck

My Valvoline comment was directed at someone in particular who thought it was the God of oils.



Seriously I would wait at least a couple of thousand miles before changing so you are comparing apples to apples.