Lead in oil
Michael McLaughlin
mcloffs at mac.com
Sun Sep 5 12:12:59 PDT 2010
Hi everyone. I have a question about lead in the oil of my 2002 Passat
V6 (it's the closest thing I have to an Audi at the moment). I got the
car about a year ago. Because of my long commute (I've put 25K miles
on the car in a year) I've been running Mobil 1 and getting oil
analysis done by Blackstone Labs in order to maximize oil-change
intervals. In both reports I've gotten back, the lead levels are a bit
higher than average -- Blackstone says the universal average is 2 ppm,
while the Passat's levels have been 7 and 6 ppm. Blackstone's report
said this could possibly be a sign of extra bearing wear, but might
not be. Is this something that should concern me?
Thanks,
Mike
Spokane, Wash.
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