Charlie Shiflet's 2000 Mitsubishi

Hello,

This last week,
I had the occasion to service a long time customer
and friend's vehicle - a 2000 Model Mitsubishi
Montero with the 3.0L automatic - 4x4 drive.

Some 4 years earlier -
I had serviced it for him
doing the timing belt, alternator and p/s belt
doing the water pump and thermostat.

And had completely changed the engine and drive
line lubricants or Amsoil synthetic lubricants.
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Charlie had bouught a trailer to pull a mobile
photography studio and was getting prepared
to pull to several out of state spring shows.

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The last time that I saw his vehicle was
some 22 months ago.

His mileage count was 28,000 mile on the
one oil change service that we did - when he
first bought it 4 years earlier.
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We had changed the engine oil filter
( a SDF filter) (one that was supposed to be
changed in a 6 month period of time)
And he was supposed to be back to us in
September of 2007 for a full engine oil
and filter change.
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That never happened.
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However,
We did remove his filter.
We did catch his engine oil in a clean 5 gallon bucket.
We will gather together as many souls as we can ...
And have each of them witness the cutting apart
of this filter which has some 22 months service on it.

Just so that it can be witnessed - how much metal
particles were caught and are visible in the filter
media.
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The engine oil itself - has some 4 years on it.

It has the overall appearance of being able to
be strained in a paint strainer - just to remove
whatever lower body dirt may have fallen off of
the belly pan - into the oil ...

and put back into service into another engine.
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Yes - we would do that - Seriously.
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But - before going there with that effort -
We will pay The Walker Equipment charge of $10.

Which includes the testing for what wear metals
are in suspension, what the viscosity of the
engine oil is - presently, what percentage of
the liquid is fuel and what percentage of the
liquid is antifreeze.

And based up on those test results ...
We will post them here.
We will either use this engine oil for
any top off or make up oil for our
customers - or we will put it into
our waste oil barrel for heat -

If if proves to be contaminated.
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Based upon smell of no fuel scent.
Based upon no paste of water or other
visible liquid contamination.
Based upon the feel of the lubricant
to flow and feel like motor oil.

We expect no different result that
use as you would normally -

Even after 4 years time.
Even without bypass parasite filters added.


Just for your information ...


Rowan Cook
http://syntheticlubricants.org