Am I out of Warranty now?
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Expand please?Might be time to call Blackstone Labs.
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28yrs old now and no issues, and they told me to start getting a camera up my Alpha Sierra Sierra 15yrs ago. Said no thanks, and it is free here in Canada. No issues yet.He is talking about running a used oil analysis through blackstone labs to see if it has coolant in the oil. Not a bad idea, its cheap insurance to know whats going on inside your engine anyway. I usually run one every oil change on my daily and on the first oil change on new-to-me vehicles.
If this issue started at new off the lot, would it not be a big problem now at 28yrs and 86 K miles?I have Blackstone Labs do an oil analysis on all of my vehicles every few years as well, and would recommend it to anyone. They can detect even the smallest trace amounts of anything that's not supposed to be in there. They saved the 400SBC in our 1970 Monte Carlo by detecting the presence of coolant in the oil immediately after an engine overhaul. Turns out we missed a small crack in the driver's side head. The crack was transferring coolant into the oil, but not enough that we could tell on our own.
Wait…doctors work for free up there?Said no thanks, and it is free here in Canada.
If this issue started at new off the lot, would it not be a big problem now at 28yrs and 86 K miles?
I also have transmission fluid analyzed.I would certainly think so, but if I were in your shoes I'd be tempted to have an analysis done out of curiosity anyway. Even if they don't find anything out of the ordinary, $35 for a confirmed clean bill of health after 28 years might not be a bad thing.