I changed my oil yesterday. and today the oil is already dirty why is this? dirty meaning black. the front of my car is also lowered about 3 inches while teh back is at normal height. reason for this is because i broke the bolt connecting my rear control arm to my strut. so my front is lowered but my rear isnt. i cant raise it back up or i dotn want to because i have to change out the cambers again take out the springs put in teh factory ones and what not. and anothe reason is one of the front shocks that we pulled out was rusted through and disenagrated. will this effect oil at all? or how the motor works? and what kind of shocks can i get that is maybe couple steps or one step above factory? im poor so i cant afford 400 dollars for a pair of rear shocks. thx

 

WTF did you just say? are you asking WHY ur oil is dirty? or what can yo do about ur suspension? please Re Read and Edit.

 

did you change ur Filter too?????

 

Sorry let me rephrase. i just changed my oil yesterday with vavoline 5w-30 max life. Yes i also replaced the oil filter. i only owned the car for about 4 months. I went ahead and changed the oil yesterday becuase i had to change the altenator out. So this was the second time i changed the oil. Both times i checked the oil the day after it was black. What im asking is how can it be so dirty/dark after only one day of driving maybe 20 miles.

THe second thing im asking my front sits about 3 inches lower then my rear due to the fact when i lowered my car i finished the front but when i got to the last strut i broke the bolt off where the strut connects to the lower control arm. So i had to redo the other rear shock and place teh stock spring back on. i couldnt do the front because one of the spring had rusted through. And i was lazy and didnt want to take my cambers off. Will this affect oil in anyway it being tilted forward more? and since i think im going to need new rear shocks what can i get that is a step above factory casue im a pooooorrrr man thx

 

I dont think the tilt of the car is going to effect the dirtyness of the oil. hows ur Air filter????? have you cleaned it lately? make sure all ur silicone Couplers dont have any cracks\holes\slipping. Are you Burning any oil??????

 

air filter is clean i blasted it with a leaf blower and such but i am burning oil. but no blue smoke? at least i think i am. and what are couplers?

 

The Couplers. usualy with a aftermarket intake. It has couplers to join the tubes. Well, burning oil, probly means theres blow by. and its burning the oil, or burning it up real bad, causing it to turn black. Get a compression test, AND leak down test to show how bad the rings may be.

 

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This does NOT clean an air filter!

 

run seafoam through her.. .

 

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k&n filter cleaner and reoil it after cleaning.

 

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i agree...that **** works miracles

 

right before oil changes i always ran my car for 5 mins of the gunk engine cleaners... takes all the gunkk and dirty carbon deposits that in the engine... i drove my car est. 1000 miles from last month and the oil is still pretty clean... probably next month it will be brown...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by locovirus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry let me rephrase. i just changed my oil yesterday with vavoline 5w-30 max life. Yes i also replaced the oil filter. i only owned the car for about 4 months. I went ahead and changed the oil yesterday becuase i had to change the altenator out. So this was the second time i changed the oil. Both times i checked the oil the day after it was black. What im asking is how can it be so dirty/dark after only one day of driving maybe 20 miles. </TD></TR></TABLE>

does your oil smell like fuel?

EDIT: if you're burning oil, which you said you are, it means some of the oil is escaping into the combustion chamber, and most likely(and more likely) some of your fuel is escaping into the crankcase.

 

after ever oil change my exhaust tone goes deeper. how is this effected by oil changes? or is this just me?

 

plecebo probly. get a compression and Leak down test, and come back. and clean ur filter like the people above said.

 

Just change the oil and filter again.

You can also try an engine flush and see if that cleans it up. It worked very well on my old crx.

 

Can I get a little more info on this seafoam? What else can be used to flush the crank case?

 

compression for my d16a6 170k miles is 160 -+3 all the way across

 

thats getting a little low... right after i rebuilt the same block(before the rings seated) i was getting185+ on all cylinders

 

!!!!!!!! i thought factory max was 185 thought i was doing decent too

 

Depends on the tool your using. Everyone tool reads differently. As long as it is consistent and not TOO low your fine.

 

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LOL, you think that's low for that kind of mileage?

I'm running 140, 140, 35 and around 40 in my car.

Still gets 36 MPG like a mug, though

 

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Still gets 36 MPG like a mug, though </TD></TR></TABLE>



No smokey?

 

none whatsoever

She really does run beautifully. I was shocked when I checked the compression...and I triple checked it.

 

Nah.