SynLube™ Lube‑4‑Life®
" 100% Synthetic Super Lubricants, since 1969 "
SynLube Analysis Service
INTRODUCTION
Used Functional Fluid ( Lubricant or Coolant ) Analysis identifies the wear trends of the mechanism in which the Functional Fluid is used (Vehicle or Equipment).
This is also useful in determining the ideal service life of the Fluid, as well as to predict any preventive maintenance service (PMS).
Typically about 3 to 4 ounces of the Fluid are required for testing.
Key Benefits
- FREE on SynLube™ Lube‑4‑Life® Products to SynLube Customers
- Identify any potential problems with mechanism
- Determine safe fluid service life
- Custom tailor fluid changes and PMS
Capabilities
- Microscopic Optical Analysis
- Sample Fluid is examined under 100X to 400X optical microscope
- Identifies contaminants, Sol condition, Wear particles
- Spectrochemical Analysis
- Determines PPM (parts per million) levels of various chemical elements
- Identifies wear metals, contaminants, additives and additive depletion
- Provided by contract Independent Laboratory
- Viscometric Analysis
- Fluid Viscosity at 40°C
- Fluid Viscosity at 100°C
- VI (Viscosity Index) calculated
- Fluid Viscosity at -10°C
- Helps to determine Fluid condition and service life
- Chemical Titration Analysis
- TBN (Total Base Number)
- TAN (Total Acid Number)
- pH level
- Helps to determine Fluid condition and service life
- Proprietary Sludge Formation and Oxidation Test
- Determines Fluid tendency to form insoluble deposits such as "sludge" and "varnish"
- Tests "volatility" and "self-Ignition"
- Test Equipment can simultaneously test up to four (4) individual samples, for performance comparison.
- Helps to determine Fluid condition and remaining service life
About Oil Tests
We at SynLube Incorporated receive many e-mails with questions about oil tests performed by various laboratories, and how to interpret them.
Complete understanding of what various tests are, what equipment is used and how it functions, is essential in interpretation of the Result Values.
Without such understanding, the Result Values are just "bunch of numbers" without any real benefit to the vehicle owner.
Many Used Oil Laboratories assign arbitrary Values, which then in their reports trigger flags, like "Critical", "Caution", etc.
One has to understand that those "triggers" are not part of any specification from Automotive or Lubricant Industry or any US or International Standards organization. They are just decided on by someone at the Laboratory.
Because SynLube™Lube‑4‑Life® is such "different" and "unconventional" lubricant, in general the test equipment and "triggers" used for conventional liquid petroleum lubricants can not be relied on the generate any useful Result Values.
Why that is the case one needs to FIRST understand the currently utilized modern tests and the test equipment, how it works and what are the limitations of the equipment.
Links below will lead you to specific pages on our web that have more detailed explanation on specific subjects.
- Truth about Used Oil Analysis
- This article explains various Used Oil
Analysis (UOA) techniques from the
simplest form (Dipstick) to the more sophisticated such as detection of
Atomic Elements.
The Capabilities, Limitations and Operation of the various techniques and equipment is discussed.
- This article explains various Used Oil
Analysis (UOA) techniques from the
simplest form (Dipstick) to the more sophisticated such as detection of
Atomic Elements.
- Used Oil Spectroscopy Analysis
- This article explains the modern Used Oil
Analysis (UOA) which utilizes
Spectroscopy Principle for detection of Atomic Elements in Used Oil
samples.
The Capabilities, Limitations and Operation of the Spectroscopy Equipment is discussed.
- This article explains the modern Used Oil
Analysis (UOA) which utilizes
Spectroscopy Principle for detection of Atomic Elements in Used Oil
samples.
SUMMARY
SynLube Incorporated has extensive experience with colloidal lubricants and of course with all SynLube™ Lube‑4‑Life® products, therefore we can either perform any requested or required oil analysis for our customers, or properly interpret results that are obtained from independent oil test laboratories.