Check your engine’s health with oil analysis - Engine oil test -

[@dominiquejohnson1526]

Very informative video! Thanks for sharing. Nothing like peace of mind as we all try to preserve the health of our engines. Will be doing this next oil change! Thanks, Jose!

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much Dominique. Definitely get it done. You’ll be glad you did it.

[@DoraAlbaCastillo]

Excelente! Nunca hubiese pensado en hacer eso para mi auto. Muchas gracias por tan buena información.

[@josecitomarin]

Con todo gusto

[@jcjackson726]

Great video! I've been following Speed for a few months now. He seems like a great guy!

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much for your comment. He sure is a great guy.

[@davidlampe4153]

Your video was informative and thorough about the condition of engine oil. I’ve never had engine oil analysis done my daily driver has 360,000 miles and the oil is changed every 3000 miles 99 f250 7.3 liter v8 diesel. I don’t use any additives but every other oil change cycle I add one quart of transmission fluid since transmission fluid has very good detergent properties and after adding the transmission fluid drive about 500 miles then drain the oil.

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much for your comment. That is one way of flushing the engine! You are doing great 360k without any problems. As long as you change your oil regularly you should be okay. But oil analysis can let you know the early stages of blow seal or even piston rings, among other things. I’m just glad things are working for you.

[@RonP-y1r]

Another great video, Jose!!!

[@josecitomarin]

I appreciate it Ron.

[@mu1941]

I’d love to see a database made public for UOA across models with mileage detail.

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much for your comment. I’m not sure it would help since you wouldn’t know what kind of maintenance other cars have.

[@pepeshopping]

Wrong. In modern cars with Direct Injection, you do want to get the engine up to full temperature to get rid of the gas that dilutes into the oil during cold starts.

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much for your comment. I’ll keep that in mind in mind

[@NickeryNelson]

Jose. I wonder if Redline 0w40 is a good option for this engine. The specs show that it is essentially a super-oil. Have you tried it?

[@josecitomarin]

Hey. I never tried Redline. I rather stick to what the manufacturers recommend. As you can see in the report, I am doing pretty well with Mobil 1 5w40, which is the Mercedes recommendation for this car. Keep in mind that this recommendation is also by location/temperature. If you get a car that was originally sold in a very cold place, the recommendation on the cars manual may be different. I’m in NJ and my car was originally sold in NJ. It gets cold here, but not that cold. My cold startups are inside the garage as well so I don’t have the need for a thin oil like 0w40. Also don’t need to spend the extra money on super oils if the one the manufacturer recommends is working perfectly. As long as you do your oil changes often you won’t have a problem using a regular oil.

[@NickeryNelson]

@@josecitomarin Makes sense. Thanks for another great video!

[@josecitomarin]

@@NickeryNelson I appreciate that

[@omarS63AMG]

Do you think I must change the oil after the valve cleaning?

[@josecitomarin]

I think you should. I made another video in another way to clean the valves and I did it before the oil change.

[@madmanwheelies6157]

Ceratec best stuff with full syntetic group IV real oils😅😅and change it every 3-5thousend miles depens is it hard driving or normal

[@josecitomarin]

Thank you so much for your comment. I definitely like Ceratec. But we’ll see if after the second test I really need to spend the money on it or not. Just as Lake says, we are looking at the science of it and the numbers will tell us what we need to do.

[@madmanwheelies6157]

@@josecitomarin thank you for such information looking forward to see if ceratec is good option.i prefer it with every oil change in my old m50b25 bmw engine because of organic moly 🙃

[@josecitomarin]

@@madmanwheelies6157 awesome. Have you done any testing on that engine?

[@madmanwheelies6157]

@@josecitomarin havent done any testing yet but looking forward to do it.once again thanks for very valuable information 😄😄

[@josecitomarin]

@@madmanwheelies6157 no problem. Please let me know how you do with it when you get it done.