A spectrometric oil analysis is only as good as the base line data, anybody have the wear metals formulation for a multifuel ? I could be wrong but i don't remember seeing one in the tech data, Judging by the age I doubt the Army ever paid the manufacturer for one , If there isn't one your no better off with shavings than to do a ATD Analytical Tear Down. that and a micrometer will tell you the same thing. To be of use you would need to know the wear metals, Bearing metal contents, crank, metallurgy along with valve wear guides , Valve stems, cam, timing chain , gears and any other rotateing or receptor metallurgy. Then you need an established baseline to base your wear trends on, IF your oil had high time on it and had never been thoroughly flushed you would carry over high wear metal trends that are inaccurate. Only way to establish a base line is to drain and flush thoroughly and then accumulate some specified time . That's assuming you have standard wear metal trends to use as a comparison . Shavings in the pan says >I have a problem , I did Spectrometric Oil analysis for twenty years, it can be a useful tool! Large truck users use it , all came from its use in Aircraft Engines BUt they have thousands of sample comparisons and models based on specific engines and uses. Unless some one has established that DATA for a multi fuel , comparison to a Cat diesel is useless. Love SOAP , but wouldn't spend 20$ to have a general report run, Shavings say I am sick ! good luck keep us posted
