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On 2/16/2004 5:06 PM, Paul.Tomlinson wrote:
| All depends on how cold it is outside when you change the oil. I find in
| the fall when I change my oil the crud is there, but in the spring/summer
| when it is getting warmer I don't see it.
|
| I believe it's the cold air flowing over the filling tube which doesn't
| allow it to warm up enough so that the condensation burns off before it
| condenses on the inside of the tube. Of course it also depends on how
long
| you run the engine for the same reason (the engine doesn't get hot
enough to
| burn it off). I seem to recall some people on the list putting insulation
| around the fill tube with varying levels of success in eliminating the
foam.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me. It was about 35 when I was doing the
change. The truck was fully warmed up though, I went out to get my
filter & oil right before doing it.
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