oil turns black
 

anyone know what caused the engine oil to turn really black after a approx. 500 miles?
its a b18c with 110k miles,
oil changed every 3k miles, air filter cleaned every 30k miles.

thanks for any info. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: oil turns black (whitelightning)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by whitelightning &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone know what caused the engine oil to turn really black after a approx. 500 miles?
its a b18c with 110k miles,
oil changed every 3k miles, air filter cleaned every 30k miles.

thanks for any info. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>
Is your PCV system in good working order?

Re: oil turns black (whitelightning)
 

carbon.
Put a can of gunk out in before your next oil change. I get it from autozone. Its cheap and in a grey bottle. It breaks up the sludge inside the engine. Read back of can for the proper instructions.

Re: oil turns black (PhatOptimo)
 

my impression was that vtec motor's turned the oil pretty dark fairly quickly.... I know mine does. But it won't hurt to do that flush.

Re: oil turns black (Chiovnidca)
 

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Is your PCV system in good working order?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes changed about 10k mile, even though it was in working condition.

Re: oil turns black (PhatOptimo)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PhatOptimo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">carbon.
Put a can of gunk out in before your next oil change. I get it from autozone. Its cheap and in a grey bottle. It breaks up the sludge inside the engine. Read back of can for the proper instructions. </TD></TR></TABLE>

any repercussions from using this gunk out? if not i'll give it a try.


91integGS- i work on (3) b18c and the one in question has it bad. the others seem relatively clean compared to this one. http://images.honda-tech.com/set1//smile/emcrook.gif https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif

Re: oil turns black (whitelightning)
 

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any repercussions from using this gunk out? if not i'll give it a try.

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No it works good. I used it once. Mine wasn't too bad. I wanted to try it out because it was cheap. On the bottle it says you may have to remove the oil pan and wipe it out in extreme cases because it washes all the sluge to the oil pan then it sticks in there. It also says you can repeat the procees but I guess you'd have to refill with new oil and start all over. A waste of oil if you ask me.

Re: oil turns black (PhatOptimo)
 

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oil turns black </TD></TR></TABLE>

Then it doing it's job.

Try syn. oil, it won't turn black...

Re: oil turns black (976)
 

mine does https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif

Re: oil turns black (doublejz)
 

I wouldn't use an engine flush if your vehicle has over 100,000 miles.

You may start leaking.

Also, if you're going to use one, use BG's engine flush kit (quick clean and moa). Leave the cleaner in for a minimum of 30 min. before you drain.