Komatsu KOWA Oil Sample Kit
From $55.00 incl. GST
Laboratory oil analysis for engines, gearboxes, hydraulic and transmission systems. The Komatsu KOWA Oil Sample Kit contains everything you need to draw a sample and post it to the laboratory — including a pre-paid Australia Post satchel.
- Wear metals, additives and contaminants
- Suits all types of oil, not just Komatsu machines
- Pre-paid return satchel included
- Part No. KOWA-OILCM
- Description
- instructions
Description
Oil analysis is the cheapest look inside an engine or gearbox you will ever buy. The Komatsu KOWA Oil Sample Kit (Part No. KOWA-OILCM) is part of Komatsu’s Komatsu Oil and Wear Analysis programme, and it suits all types of oil used in engines, gear boxes, hydraulic and transmission systems — not only Komatsu equipment.
What the analysis covers
Komatsu’s laboratory runs physical and chemical tests on the sample, reporting on wear metals, oil additives and contaminants. Read together with your service history, that report tells you whether a component is wearing normally, whether the oil still has service life left, and whether dirt, water or fuel is finding its way into the system.
What’s in the kit
- Outer jar
- Inner sample jar
- Sample card
- Plastic bag
- Sample tube
- Pre-paid Australia Post express mailing satchel
Why sample on a schedule
A single sample gives you a snapshot. Sampling at every oil change gives you a trend — and it is the trend that warns you a bearing, bush or pump is on the way out while there is still time to plan the repair. That is why we stock the kit in 3 and 6 packs: keep them in the workshop and the sample gets taken at the service, not weeks later.
Sampling and results
Draw the sample, fill in the sample card and post the kit in the pre-paid satchel — Komatsu advises mailing immediately for quick results. Results are reported by Komatsu’s Condition Monitoring Services; register through the myKomatsu Condition Monitoring portal to receive your sample reports.
If the report shows a problem
Oil analysis tells you what is happening; it does not fix it. Where a report points to soot loading, blow-by or combustion-related contamination, FTC Decarbonizer addresses the carbon build-up behind it, and Flushing Oil Concentrate cleans the oil system before the next fill. Not sure how to read your report? Call us on (07) 3376 6188.
How to take an oil sample
- Sample warm. Take the sample with the oil at operating temperature and well mixed, so the sample represents what is actually circulating.
- Keep it clean. Wipe down the sample point and keep the jar and tube sealed until the moment you draw the sample — dirt introduced during sampling shows up in the report as contamination.
- Use the supplied tube. Draw from mid-stream in the sump or reservoir, avoiding the very bottom where sludge and water collect.
- Fill the sample card. Machine, component, oil type and grade, hours on the oil and hours on the machine. Missing details limit what the laboratory can tell you.
- Post immediately. Seal the jar in the plastic bag, place it in the pre-paid Australia Post satchel and post the same day.
Sampling from the same point, at the same interval, every time is what makes the trend meaningful.
