Re: Synthetic Oil Color Was: J.E.T. computer enhancement

From: Mike Crumley (mcrumley@airmail.net)
Date: Wed Jul 22 1998 - 17:38:05 EDT


At 11:47 AM 7/22/98 , you wrote:

> I have seen a couple of people mention this in the past. I used
>Mobil 1 dino oil up until about 10,000 miles, then Mobil 1 synthetic since
>then (I'm at about 49,000 miles now) I change my oil and filter every 3,000
>but my oil has never come out golden brown, its always black. I used
>Mobil 1 synthetic in my VR-4, and it always came out black too. Is it
>supposed to come out "clean"? What gives?

Good question. I've never had oil come out of the pan anything but black.
How do they get it to come out "golden brown"?

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Mike Crumley  mcrumley@airmail.net
97 Dakota  Regular Cab  Short Bed
3.9L V6   3.55 Auto  Rhino Liner
Bug Shield  Mud Flaps  DDBC



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