Originally Posted by Maxbumpo

That is a strong possibility. Even if you were clean clean clean during the install, there may have been dirt (casting material) and machining waste left over from the manufacturing inside the vacuum pump. That could easily skew the results.

I say sample again at normal interval, and watch the trend.

What did the oil sample before this say (if you have one)? If this is your first ever sample on this engine, you have no baseline reference. This sample would be a terrible baseline to start with, but you need to start somewhere.

If you recently switched from one brand of oil to another, the new oil may have better cleaning properties than the old, and now it is cleaning out some deposits, and THAT can make your results worse than normal as well.

Bottom line: Now you have some objective information, and you can take actions (or not) based on that info. Realize that ANY oil you use now, which is diesel rated, is a far better oil than what was available when these cars were designed and built.