High Iron & Lead in Oil for My Low-Time 914

I hear you.  I will say the sampling and environment have been very consistent.  I own the plane and it's used the same fuel, oil, etc. and the two samples were around the same hours.

I'll just keep an eye on it.  Better to be cautious. 

I just had a sample come back from AvLabs (that's who I use) from an owner that last time a few of his test came back high. I told him to wait until the next oil change and yesterday the results came back and all is back in the normal range. Usually (not 100%) samples can and will vary through out the engine's lifetime  and you shouldn't always rely on just a single sample unless it's off the charts. Then do another one if it freaks you out at a 25 hour oil change and see how they compare.

AvLabs runs your sample 3 times and compares it to thousands of other sampled engines with the approximately same time on the engine for comparison and it's easy to read. If something is off the charts and deemed detrimental they will even call you. I've used them for about 20 years. When I do collect an oil sample they send me and the owner the results. Their kit cost right around $23 and has a self-mailing sticker included. I usually buy 6-12 at a time. I usually don't do oil samples on really low time engines like 100 hours.

Thanks, Roger.  I'll just keep an eye on things.

I do need to get my throttle cable adjusted (it overboosts if I take the throttle past the gate), so maybe when I do that I'll have them do a compression test too.  It's due for that anyway.

Better to be a cautious & alive than "she'll be right " & dead

As Roger L has intimated, your engine is probably too new (under 100 hrs) and lacking data (many oil samples) to get a cost effective benefit from oil analyse but it if it makes you feel good, go for it.