Dropping the oil pan

[hookliftpete]

Thanks for all the info folks! I'll look into the fumoto valve doodad. There are several plugs on this oil pan on the side, perhaps I can insert a valve into one of those and keep it from getting broken off. Drain most of the oil out through it and then pull the bottom plug when that's all that's left.

I'm going to hold on dropping the pan for now, oil sample came back with some improvement over the last sample in January, soot levels are now in 'acceptable' range, other items have stayed the same.

How does one read an oil analysis? They give the abbreviations for the different components, but I don't know if 10 or 1000 ppm of an item is good or bad. Lab tech says things look good, no coolant in sample, etc, and I trust him, I just want to know for my own understanding.

Readout of lab results attached.

Thanks!