Can someone give link or phone to oil analysis lab in Toronto(or Canada)?
My lease is up in March and I want to buy out the car. I just want to make sure there're no hidden surprises.

Thank you

 

I use Fluid life.
Their lab is in Brantford & You mail the sample in.

 

Thank you!

 

you can also try www.blackstone-labs.com a lot of people on the forums use them. Since you mail in the sample, it doesn't matter where you're located. They send you sample kits for free and its about a 1.50 for shipping. The analysis itself is $20.

 

The things you learn here...never thought of doing an oil analysis for buying a used car and didn't even know this service was offered.

How effective is this, though? Suppose someone flushed out their oil, fluids and replaced with new.

 

You're right... it's not really for a used car eval.
It's a preventive mtce proceedure.
It only makes sense when you track a series of samples.
Then when an anomaly pops up, you have a chance to do something before it fails.

If you subscribe to the buyer beware credo...
It can also tell you when it's time to flip out of a vehicle.

 

It is probably not effective for evaluating used car becaue of the reasons you stated, but I had my G for ~2 years and I will make sure that oil I send for testing will be near the end of change interval.