Rag's old leggy Boxster is coming up for its next 3k mile oil and filter change...
Car is on 144k miles, the engine is on 110k miles (the first engine being replaced by OPC after IMS failure)..
So, i've never had oil analysed before and am thinking of doing it this time. How do I go about it and what will it tell me?
Assuming I get the oil tested and it tells me there are traces of the elixir of human life in it (or whatever else may be in it), what do I do with the information?
Is it a repeat in 3k miles and see if there are more minerals/metals in it, or is it a REBUILD IT NOW BEFORE IT BLOWS UP scenario?
I mean, what exactly is the point of oil analysis?
Car is on 144k miles, the engine is on 110k miles (the first engine being replaced by OPC after IMS failure)..
So, i've never had oil analysed before and am thinking of doing it this time. How do I go about it and what will it tell me?
Assuming I get the oil tested and it tells me there are traces of the elixir of human life in it (or whatever else may be in it), what do I do with the information?
Is it a repeat in 3k miles and see if there are more minerals/metals in it, or is it a REBUILD IT NOW BEFORE IT BLOWS UP scenario?
I mean, what exactly is the point of oil analysis?