Blackstone sample

[BEAST19]

Any ideas of what to think of this? Piston slap , last sample offered some suspicion of sample so this is a new sample . Any oil experts can translate on whether I should have anything to worry about engine wise ? Currently experiencing the dreaded hesitant cold start running JAy green 93 tune


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[buddy guy]

your battery is very low, that i know

 

[BEAST19]

It never reads low on gauge tho


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[BEAST19]

your battery is very low, that i know

Have u experienced that symptom of hesitant start before and confirmed the battery ?


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[buddy guy]

sorry. talking about your phone battery. lol

 

[BEAST19]

sorry. talking about your phone battery. lol

Hahah u got me. Well hopefully I can get some helpful responses ;-)


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[buddy guy]

Yeah..i admit..i like to mix it up and go all the way from useful to useless! good luck!

 

[tidefan1967]

I would try a different tune and see if that helps. Are you running some kind of 'performance" air intake,K&N air filter, etc? Those are usually the cause of high silicon numbers on a UOA. Switch back to the factory air box and a high quality paper air filter and that number should drop to near 0.

 

[JB1]

Here’s the main thread for Blackstone that everyone uses, maybe one of them will reply



https://www.ramforum.com/threads/blackstone-used-oil-analysis.113465/

 

[BEAST19]

I would try a different tune and see if that helps. Are you running some kind of 'performance" air intake,K&N air filter, etc? Those are usually the cause of high silicon numbers on a UOA. Switch back to the factory air box and a high quality paper air filter and that number should drop to near 0.

I run a vararam cold air intake with their filter . Is that a problem to have silicone that high .


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[tidefan1967]

I run a vararam cold air intake with their filter . Is that a problem to have silicone that high .


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Its very possible. The problem with most performance intakes/filters is more flow = less filtration. I know its a PITA but switch back for one oil change cycle get another UOA done and see what it looks like then.

 

[BEAST19]

Its very possible. The problem with most performance intakes/filters is more flow = less filtration. I know its a PITA but switch back for one oil change cycle get another UOA done and see what it looks like then.

But the problem with silicone being high what does that effect? Or just a symptom caused by those filters. I recently did clean it too


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[Musky Mike]

It is a problem if the silicone is from dust entering your intake and going into the engine. The dust increases engine wear.

 

[tidefan1967]

But the problem with silicone being high what does that effect? Or just a symptom caused by those filters. I recently did clean it too


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Silicon is basically sand or dirt which will destroy your engine over time!

 

[dreinert]

I included mine, just hit 25k miles so that you can see a near comparison. I don't have any engine noise or issues. Everything is stock except that I added a oil catch can.

Are you running Redline? What oil filter?

I had been running redline but now switched to 5 qts Pennzoil Ultra Platinum & 2 qts Redline. It hasn't changed much other than bring the copper down some more. I haven't found a 100% reason for the high copper levels yet but there was some indication that the high levels of ZDDP in Redline could oxide copper (oil/trans coolers?).

As stated, silicon is essentially dust/sand (gravel roads, construction zones, etc).

I'd think any running or starting issues would be related to the perf mods you have but I don't have the experience to say which.


Dallas