Spring coolant top up

[F4U-1A]

Am I out of Warranty now?

 

[F4U-1A]

Might be time to call Blackstone Labs.

Expand please?

 

[RichLo]

Expand please?

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.

 

[df2x4]

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.

 

[F4U-1A]

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.

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.

 

[F4U-1A]

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.

If this issue started at new off the lot, would it not be a big problem now at 28yrs and 86 K miles?

 

[RichLo]

Lol, fair enough, you do you. Regular oil changes with cheap oil is better than extended oil changes w/o analysis. I just do it on my daily because I push the limits of the oil. Every oil change I find out how far I can push it next time, the car is around 210k miles and I am running 18k mile oil changes. AmsOil signature series rated at 25k.

And I have a running log of what is going on in my engine, if something changes I know there is a repair needed soon. Two years ago those oil analysis' found bad timing chain guides before they failed catastrophically and wrapped the crankshaft.

Just a heads up, they can be useful

 

[Caman96]

Said no thanks, and it is free here in Canada.

Wait…doctors work for free up there?

 

[df2x4]

If this issue started at new off the lot, would it not be a big problem now at 28yrs and 86 K miles?

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.

 

[Caman96]

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.

I also have transmission fluid analyzed.