507 Oil Question

Did a search but couldn't find anything. I fueled up for the first time today and when I checked the oil, I was surprised that it was not nearly as black as I had expected. I've had the car for just over a week. The oil was changed by the dealer as part of the prep and the R.O. says that G-052-195-DSP was used, so I know that it is the correct VW 507 compliant oil. I've put around 250 miles on it since the oil change and I thought that the oil would be opaque black like on every other diesel that I have ever seen; car, truck, or boat.



Sorry for all of these questions but I'm just learning this car.

My car took a good 1-2k before it had gotten black from new. I think it got pretty black quicker on the 20 and 30k tho.

Nutty 5.0 said:

My car took a good 1-2k before it had gotten black from new. I think it got pretty black quicker on the 20 and 30k tho.

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The wagon has 23,400K miles on it. It was a fixed buy-back, not new.

Oil changes color more slowly on new cars, or on new engines. Not to worry, it'll go black.

IndigoBlueWagon said:

Oil changes color more slowly on new cars, or on new engines. Not to worry, it'll go black.

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Thanks, Peter. I look at the ALH in the Golf, then I look at this engine...

1854sailor said:

The wagon has 23,400K miles on it. It was a fixed buy-back, not new.

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Fair enough but agree with Peter. It's normal.

I had the same thoughts in the first few weeks after I bought mine new in May: why isn't the oil black yet!

Well, I'm almost to 10K and it's plenty black now.

I think it's a combination of it being a fairly new engine and the more modern diesels putting less soot into the oil.

Thanks, everyone.