Dodge Diesel oil changed - color of new oil
Here's my question. Just get an oil change. I double checked and no oil leaks noticed But also noticed the color of the oil! Why - I ask myself would it be dark (not black) already; i.e. only severa...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
The oil drain plug on these engines are indented so not all of the oil will drain out of the pan and this is what is discoloring the new oil. With 13 quarts is will not affect the new oil.
Not to mention the oil in the oil pump and oil galleries throughout the engine that do not drain when you empty the pan...
An oil change is never a complete oil change. There is always some residual old oil, but it doesn't hurt anything. If the oil was so bad that it wasn't doing its job before you changed it, you've got bigger problems that changing the oil won't fix.
