Case studies

McKay & Hughs

Organization
McKay & Hughs
Toronto, Canada
Equipment

Diesel engine on Kenworth T-600

Objective

To improve filtration by the removal of ferrous particles out of the oil system of a diesel engine with a magnetic filtration system (Halex Coil).  An oil sample was taken at end of an oil cycle.  In this case, oil is changed at 367001.0 km.  After the initial sample was taken, the Halex Coil was installed.  At 369804.0 km, a second oil sample was taken.

Scan of the lab results (496 KB PDF file)

Unit data
Sample # Date
sampled
Component
km
Oil
km
Oil
change
###### 01/06/95 367001.0 0.0 yes
###### 01/26/95 369804.0 0.0 no
Spectrographic analysis (ppm)
Sample # Al
Aluminum
Cr
Chromium
Cu
Copper
Fe
Iron
Sn
Tin
Pb
Lead
Si
Silicon
Mo
Molybdenum
Ni
Nickel
Ag
Silver
###### 5 0 4 28 0 5 8 8 0 0
###### 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 3 0 0
Spectrographic analysis (ppm)
Sample # K
Potassium
Na
Sodium
B
Boron
Ba
Barium
Ca
Calcium
Mg
Magnesium
Mn
Manganese
P
Phosphorus
Zn
Zinc
###### 0 11 16 1 1660 576 1 744 835
###### 0 14 14 0 1898 701 0 867 936
Physical properties
Sample # Glycol H2O %
Fuel
Viscocity
40 °C
Viscocity
100 °C
%
Solids
###### no no 5.0 30.7 6.1 0.0
###### no no 5.0 45.3 8.4 0.0
Wear control chart
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
50
20
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