home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!swlvx2!swlrat.msd.ray.com!hsd
- From: hsd@swlrat.msd.ray.com (HERBERT DASILVA)
- Subject: Re: Dirty oil after change?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.171455.28660@swlvx2.msd.ray.com>
- Keywords: oil changes
- Sender: news@swlvx2.msd.ray.com (NEWS USER)
- Organization: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA
- References: <2030054@otter.hpl.hp.com> <1992Sep7.173024.14772@informix.com> <146@bluehau.bubble.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:14:55 GMT
- Lines: 24
-
- hugo@bluehau.bubble.org (Hugo Bueno) writes:
-
- >As a counter-data point, and one which I venture to guess
- >is much closer to reality.....
-
- Depends on who's reality you're talking about... :-)
-
- >I've done countless oil changes on cars and I have YET to see
- >one that has clear oil after the change. This even includes
- >changing the filter and using engine flushes.
-
- >Hugo Bueno
-
- Honestly, it sounds to me like you're not changing your oil often enough.
- Of the countless oil changes I've done, on cars I've had long term
- contact with (even non-Mopars - really!), an oil change every 4-5000
- miles yields oil that is nearly crystal clean up to about 1000 miles (at
- which point it is browning, but still transparent). And I NEVER use oil
- flush, even for a dirty motor. I feel it is much less risky to change
- the oil AGAIN after only a couple hundred miles, letting the oil's
- detergent do the work, than use oil flush. Oil flush just breaks down
- the viscosity of the oil too much for me to trust it in my engine...
-
- Herb "Mopar Maniac" DaSilva
-