This SOP for industrial engines. You sample on a regular basis, after a few samples you have a baseline and then you just compare each new one to determine if there is excessive or unusual wear in a particular area.
Same thing for hydraulic fluids. Your Cat buddies are watching for changes in the chemical and metal levels in the oil to see how the engine is wearing. They'll also look at the oil condition as well. You can pretty well estimate when you need specific services on the engine based on changes in the levels of certain metals. That's how they'll decide to do valve jobs, replace bearings, etc. We;re talking about engines with thousands of hours on them. too. This is in lieu of using a chronological framework to establish maintenance levels. Over the long term it makes a lot of sense and is the least expensive way to maintain things. It also allows them to anticipate certain maintenance jobs as well. Dan On Jul 16, 2014, at 7:51 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If the idea is to really watch for changes in the engine then ongoing samples > are called for but it sounds like thats something you're not interested in. > > Curt > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
