aja8888
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Not only will you get black, the new oil in the jug starts to get black just thinking about where it is headed.
Did the dealership change my oil and filter?
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FormerOwner
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Big deal. So what. Your oil ain't black yet. <yawn>. Salsaman... if you are so interested in why diesel oil turns black... use a search engine. I'm watching ICE ROAD TRUCKERS ! ! ! #dieselpower
Salsaman06
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Never said I was interested in "why" oil gets black. I already know. I was asking what you meant by "black" since thats very subjective. What's black to one person may not be the same to another. I was merely pointing out to the OP that there is possibly another side to consider to the "absolute" statements you and others have made about the "when" given that "black" can be subjective.
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pparks1
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When I got my oil changed, it was black before I went in. When i checked the levels before driving off the lot after my 10k service, it was a dark brown color. By time I made the 25 mile drive home, it was very much on it's way to black. That was my experience.
I'm almost ready to get my 20k service performed by the dealer. Maybe I'll take some before and after picks, if I think about it.
I'm almost ready to get my 20k service performed by the dealer. Maybe I'll take some before and after picks, if I think about it.
Abacus
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I would be concerned. The new oil in my wife's b4 doesn't turn black for a few hundred miles and none of our old clanky, leaky, high mileage B4's would turn the oil black in 5 miles. No way.
smoav8r
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If you're truly concerned why not extract a bit and send it off for analysis?
http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/other-products/oil-analysis-services/oil-analyzers-test-kit-postage-pre-paid/
http://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/other-products/oil-analysis-services/oil-analyzers-test-kit-postage-pre-paid/
Abacus
That helpful B4 guy
NAPA and Blackstone also provide this service for less than that.
I check mine when I get home, so on my 20k after 25 miles it was still pretty golden.
Question, has anyone noticed a lot of road grit around the oil fill cap? I had to add a quart ( shocking in its own ) and their was so much grit around the cap threads and even on the caps rubber washer I had to clean it out before adding oil.
Question, has anyone noticed a lot of road grit around the oil fill cap? I had to add a quart ( shocking in its own ) and their was so much grit around the cap threads and even on the caps rubber washer I had to clean it out before adding oil.
Salsaman06
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MikeS_18
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I know they have changed my oil and done the adblue service because there is more oil soaked on that hose cloth near the filter top than before and there is a white mess in the trunk near the adblue fill hole.
pparks1
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I just booked my car for it's 20k service today. I'll take some before and after pics. I've always been very happy with my dealer, i expect no issues.
pparks1
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I'll have to check on this tomorrow, but the last time I had my hood opened and was cleaning up the car, it was almost spotless under the hood. i don't think there will be much debris near the fill cap.
The dealer may not have changed the oil because they know that it would turn black by the time car owner checks it. So to the dealer there is no point in changing. If the oil is brownish, the dealer may have used the used oil that came out of a gas car oil change.
tdiatlast
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^^^so many doubting Thomas' here. Yeah, sure, the dealer replaced the oil with used oil out of a gasser. He took the time to drain your car, then just syphoned the used "brown" oil out of the used oil tank back into your car.
This thread is one of the worst ever.
This thread is one of the worst ever.
I hope that's intended as a humorous troll post.
Awesome.
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Abacus
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Have you ever seen anything else from Dodoma?
tdiatlast
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While we're trolling, we need to remind the OP to check his blinker fluid. Probably swapped it out for corrosive DEF.
aja8888
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I would put him on my Ignore List but his posts as just so amusing, especially since he is sincere about them.
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Fairly simple problem with a fairly simple answer...
Proper service by a dealer? TRUST. Either it's there or not.
Proper service by someone else? See above.
Proper service by your own hands? You know.
And if you didn't do a proper service? You know.
Proper service by a dealer? TRUST. Either it's there or not.
Proper service by someone else? See above.
Proper service by your own hands? You know.
And if you didn't do a proper service? You know.
pparks1
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^ And what if you don't know what you are looking at and there is some sort of problem starting? Then you are blissfully unaware.
tdiatlast
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^^^then you should be taking mass transit...
pparks1
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No such thing here in the metro Detroit area.^^^then you should be taking mass transit...
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Do you understand why? In my years, I've witnessed the decline and it is shameful. Vote Smartly. Learn to do your own Service. Stay consistent.