oil gets dark really fast
My oil has been turning dark brown very after 2 days after the oil change. Before it usually lasts a week before turning brown. I use mobil1 super synthetic 5w20 which is a very bright gold color. I buy the big 5quart and usually use 3/4 a quart to drain out the rest of the black used oil. When I check the level its usually a goldish brown after a week. My last two oil changes when I checked after 2 days its already a pretty dark brown.
Has anyone had this problem? Thanks for your point of views. |
RX-8 oil change leaves about 3 quarts of old oil in the system. So your 3/4 quart "flush" still leaves a significant quantity of old oil in the system. It mixes with the new oil, and Voila!, dark oil.
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Two days is about right. Keep in mind that when you drain the oil, only about 50-60% (maybe 70% if you do it right) of the old oil is drained. The rest stays in the oil coolers and oil lines. Total dry capacity is about 7 qts. If you try real hard, you can get about 5 qts. drained, leaving 2 qts. of dirty oil in the system. It doesn't take much mixing for the oil to turn dark.
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Even with new engine/car, the oil inside gets dark as fast as a week...
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if you perform oil changes as mazda specifies in the manual (every other fill up), it should not turn dark.
reading comprehension FTW! |
Oh, damn. Thanks a lot guys.
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