When changing the oil.......
12-10-2001, 01:46 PM
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When changing the oil.......
Do you guys find your old oil to be very dirty(almost black)? I change my oil about every 3500 miles with mobil 1 synthetic 5W-30 and every time i drain the old oil it looks like a really dirty black color. I think i remember someone on here saying when they changed their oil it came out the same clean golden color as when they put it in.
12-10-2001, 01:48 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (typeR158)
Mine ALWAYS comes out pretty black probably because I hit VTEC so much. I doubt that anyone could have gotten almost the same color when they changed their oil.
12-10-2001, 01:49 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (typeR158)
Synthetic oil has great detergent properties than traditional motor oil - it will tend to pick up more impurities. What kind of filters are you using? What kind of driving are you doing? City/Hwy?
12-10-2001, 01:50 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (typeR158)
Mine seemed to come out cleaner when the stock filter was on, the oiled filters let some more particulate matter through probably, but nothing the oil can't handle.
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12-10-2001, 01:58 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (Big Phat R)
Synthetic oil has great detergent properties than traditional motor oil - it will tend to pick up more impurities. What kind of filters are you using? What kind of driving are you doing? City/Hwy?
I do i mix of city and highway, my ITR is not my daily driver, so when i drive it i hit vtec pretty often.
thanks for the replys, just wanted to make sure it was normal.
12-10-2001, 02:22 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (Cosworth)
mine doesnt get the chance to turn black, cos i always have to top it up..... talk about oil consumption!! hehehehe
12-10-2001, 03:12 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (Type Goch)
I was gonna say somethin like BPR said....
Fuzznuts-would a Paint drawing work for you or do you want an actual pic?
[Modified by mr. skelly, 4:15 PM 12/10/2001]
Fuzznuts-would a Paint drawing work for you or do you want an actual pic?
[Modified by mr. skelly, 4:15 PM 12/10/2001]
12-10-2001, 03:41 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (Fuzznuts)
anyone got a picture of how the oil filter looks on the car? as well as the drain plug for the oil? 
yoshi - who was feeling artsy
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anyone got a picture of how the oil filter looks on the car? as well as the drain plug for the oil?
not a pic, but hope this helps
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not a pic, but hope this helps
yoshi - who was feeling artsy
12-10-2001, 03:49 PM
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Re: When changing the oil....... (py1188)
00ps, forgot to label the "drain plug" in the first pic. For those that don't know, the yellow thing to the right of the oil filter is the oil drain plug
yoshi - who appologizes for the oversight
yoshi - who appologizes for the oversight
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