Carl_S Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Fully synthetic, or semi synthetic? It is not documented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Have a look for a post by opieoils. There was a very good technical thread regarding oil a while back. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=110863&highlight=opie+oils+synthetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Taste it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Taste it...... Thought that was for anti-freeze in oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Thought that was for anti-freeze in oil? It doesn't really matter as I was taking the p*ss.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Drain it out. Fill with either semi synthetic or fully synthetic. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Fully synthetic, or semi synthetic? It is not documented. Simple, you cant;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Simple, you cant;) Thats not strictly true You could send a sample to a lab and have it analysed but it will cost more for the test than new oil and filter costs, so it is possible just not financially viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thats not strictly true You could send a sample to a lab and have it analysed but it will cost more for the test than new oil and filter costs, so it is possible just not financially viable. Pedant:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thats not strictly true You could send a sample to a lab and have it analysed but it will cost more for the test than new oil and filter costs, so it is possible just not financially viable. Costs £15 for an oil analysis Problem is that it only gives resuls of the chemical makeup of the oil & the wear metals in it. What it would be able to tell you is if the oil is protecting the engie well or not. Used oil would be difficult to determine which brand it is due to the characteristic additives being depleted by use. Also the lab would have to trawl a database of new oil results in an attempt to match it exactly. I have only been able to do it once, and I was lucky as I had a result from the same brand of oil to compare it to which is unique (Duckhams IIRC). Still better off draining & refilling with a good oil if its that much of a issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Ah but we aren't trying to tell what brand it is just if its fully or semi synthetic. That has got to be testable if you can count the exact parts per million of every item in the oil. £15 though you say for a decent oil analysis test? Thats actually very good. Is it spectrometric? Do you do profiling with wear advice or just provide the oil contents printout and leave the rest to someone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Have a look for a post by opieoils. There was a very good technical thread regarding oil a while back. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=110863&highlight=opie+oils+synthetic Cheers seen that one before. Taste it...... Tee hee Thought that was for anti-freeze in oil? You tasted your antifreeze before then blackie?! Drain it out. Fill with either semi synthetic or fully synthetic. Job done. Yeah thats what I had done in the end. Didnt know that they could be slightly mixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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