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Re: blackstone labs - silicone in oil??
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Originally Posted by northern piper
So I've sent 2 different oil samples to Blackstone labs for evaluation. They both came back with "silicone in the oil". The first sample was 30 units, second sample was 38 units, universal value should be 17 units. I don't know what measurement units were talking about here. Anyway, the advice they've given is to change the air filter. I guess they're thinking that silicone from dirt is getting into the intake and a dirty filter wouldn't be doing its full job. So, I'm going to change the filter now, I didn't either time before as it was pretty new.
Has anyone sent a sample to Blackstone for their windstar? If so, did you happen to get a high silicone value? Anyone have any theories on this? We do have a crushed granite (gravel) driveway which I guess may have sand and therefore silicone which could be the cause. I dunno.
Thoughts appreciated.
Piper
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Silicone seems like something that might be in a lot of oil additives
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1998 Windstar 3.8L pre-9/9 transmission 143k
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