
The importance of a correct predictive maintenance.
I had the experience with a couple of companies trying to perform some works on board. "We can take the oil sample from the oil pan with the stopped engine." We (Engineers) need to understand that we won't know how the real condition is on our machinery if we do not have the proper analysis result. It is our responsibility. Oil analysis is a condition monitoring tool designed to evaluate: 1-The properties of the lubricant 2-Lubricant contamination 3-Machinery Wear However, the analysis of a sample depends mainly on the quality of the sample itself. A high-quality sample must be data-rich and interference-free. From my perspective, this is the list of what is due and shouldn't be done for oil sampling: Samples should be taken with the machines operating. Do not take samples ...