By Jim Fitch
Machinery Lubrication Magazine
This is the fourth and final part in my series on flushing. We’ve already talked about when to flush, the consequences of not flushing, the differences between flushing and oil reclamation, flushing tactics, flushing strategies and flushing sequence.
This article addresses the role of the voice within your oil and how to let it guide your flushing process. This voice, also known by practitioners as an oil analysis, can provide essential information relating to flush avoidance, when to flush, how to flush, and when your flush has been successfully executed. This guiding role of oil analysis will be discussed in three phases.