Analyze Your Oil
Regularly analyzing and testing hydraulic or lubrication fluid is critical to any preventive maintenance program.
At Kleentek, we recommend Colorimetric testing as a relatively inexpensive means for both early detection of varnish and quantifying the condition across time to chart the system trend. This method provides a rating number that can be compared to a relative scale to determine the potential varnish problem and help evaluate equipment and methods to reduce varnish.
Whether you choose to conduct oil analysis through an independent laboratory or with the assistance of a Kleentek representative, it's important to know how to properly obtain an oil sample (PDF 13k) to ensure it's truly reflective of the oil in your reservoir.
Kleentek offers a variety of analysis options:
| Option 1: Oil Sampling and Analysis |
| Wear Metals |
| Viscosity |
| Total Acid Number (TAN) |
| Particle Count (with ISO code rating) |
| Water Content in PPM (Karl Fisher) |
| Varnish Potential with Quantitative Spectrophotometric Analysis (QSA) with filter patch solids weight |
| Option 2: Factory Testing of Oil Filterability |
| Send us one gallon of your machine oil to be conditioned by a DOC-R3 (PDF 416k) system. We will send the cleaned oil back to you for analysis or send it directly to an independent lab for performance evaluation. |
| Option 3: Onsite Testing of Oil Filterability Performed by a Kleentek Rep |
| A Kleentek rep will install a DOC-R3 system at your facility for a "bucket test" of your machine oil. Analysis of the results may be sent to an independent lab, or by visual observation when applicable. |
| Option 4: Equipment Rental |
| Rent a Kleentek unit to see first-hand how it conditions your machine oil and increases reliability. Then, if you choose to purchase a system, a percentage of the paid rental fee can be applied as a credit toward your payment. |
