I had a oil analysis done recently and they found potasium in my oil. They said that the potasium could be from the engine assembly, but told me to check my antifreeze level. I just changed my oil today and also checked my antifreeze level. The antifreeze is low, almost to the add line. The oil analysis also found aluminum in the oil alomg with several other things. Here is a copy of the oil analysis so that you can see the results.

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So my question to you all

1 - Do I worry about it?

2 - Do I put my Diablo puck/predator combo on?

3 - Do I run it a while and send in another oil analysis and see if it is still there?

4 - What can cause such results in the oil analysis?


Thanks

06 DIESEL

Travis Hoene

 

How many miles do you have on your truck?

Rick

 

take it to the dealer. it must be still under warranty

 

22,8xx

 

You have a pm.

Rick

 

I would take it to the dealer along with the oil analisys report

let them give ya an answer....its free....well you paid for it in the beginning so ya just as well use it

 

If you are getting antifreeze in your oil , you will also be getting water, if this antifreeze water mix is very much in quantity you will notice the oil will have a milky white color.

 

The oil was as black as coal, not milky white, but it did run more like diluted oil than oil.

 

I would definitely take it to a dealer and maybe contact Cummins , as I have heard that dodge can be a pain to work with. Also Cummins would know more, most of the techs at these dealers know very little about theses diesel engines.

 

Unless something has very recently changed Cummins won't work on your 3rd gen engines anymore. Contract dispute between Cummins and Dodge over Software rights to be able to work on them.