high iron in gear oil in qsm pods

[john z]

looking at 2015 51 sundancer with 1100 hours
oil samples came up with extremely high iron as in greater than 999 ppm on both pod gear oil samples with 2 month oil and only 5 hours on it.thoughts??

 

[330DA]

High iron indicates wear of steel parts, for example, gears. Did the lab who did the analysis give you a report with some direction about the high reading?

I use Blackstone Laboratories in Ft. Wayne, IN. for oil analyses annually. Maybe give them a call, or try “Bob is the oil guy” website. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/

 

[john z]

have found out that all asm pod oil samples are high due to the content of the oil used in the gears.so greater than 999 ppm is considered ok.