Hello everyone.
The powers that be here at Hexus have kindly allowed me to do this. You may want to read the boring bits below coz FREE stuff will be involved.
Basically I work in a company that tests used oil for condition monitoring from all sorts of things, from bus gearboxes, to massive bearings from a steel mill, to marine engines and gas turbines from power stations. We do some stuff for several operations involving race cars and bikes too. We test engine oils, gearbox oils, hydraulic oils, coolants, fuels, greases and a few other more specialist things (e.g. failure analysis of broken components), our sister lab does electrical oil testing (transformer oils). I'll get to the point soon, honest
We are planning to offer this service for private cars in the near future (we do to an extent already - and not just on my car ). So to try stir some interest we have put an ad in a program for the Brands Hatch round of the British Superbikes. We wished good luck to the guy we sponsor in the Superstocks race ( if anyone is interested) and offered some free oil analysis to the fans. We didn't have a massive take up (although we gained a business contact) and so I've asked my bosses if I could offer the good people of Hexus some free oil tests. They said yes, as did the big cheeses of Hexus
So I need volunteers for some free oil analysis. Once I know who is interested I will arrange for a sampling kit to be sent to you with instructions on how to take the sample (this may take a little time) and once we have received it and analysed it you will get a report back with the results of the tests and information on the condition of your car or bike. Once you have your report feel free to discuss the results here, but you don't have to
We will be happy to provide some more detailed information about the tests to whoever is interested.
So if you are interested in taking part, post here and write the model of vehicle you want tested. It is obviously more exciting if the vehicle tested is special in some way (hope Zak will do his astra ).
Please remember that this is done by a small company (most of the organization for this will be handled by me) so please bear with us. I will do my best to ensure that you won't be disappointed and at the end of the day it's free (you may need to pay postage for your sample but that won't be much).
I haven't been given a firm limit on a number of tests I can offer, but obviously we won't be able to test every car in Britain.
If you have any questions - post away, I'll do my best to answer.