Oil Color
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Oil Color
Maybe its me. On MIata.net in the FI section someone asked if it was okay that his oil was black when he did a change. Here was Tom@FFS reply
"My engine only has 135,000 miles so it is relatively low miles and I am only running 15PSI+ but, after 3000 miles, the oil is still honey colored. If yours is turning black after a couple hundred miles, I would guess you are having blow by past the rings. A quick leak down check will confirm."
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Is it me or is this guy fucked up. Jesus my oil was black berfore the turbo. Maybe the engines all fucked up and I havent noticed it in the last 40 k miles
"My engine only has 135,000 miles so it is relatively low miles and I am only running 15PSI+ but, after 3000 miles, the oil is still honey colored. If yours is turning black after a couple hundred miles, I would guess you are having blow by past the rings. A quick leak down check will confirm."
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Is it me or is this guy fucked up. Jesus my oil was black berfore the turbo. Maybe the engines all fucked up and I havent noticed it in the last 40 k miles
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Sounds pretty close to me.
My motor has around 180k miles on it, after 6000 miles with Mobile1 its still honey colored. I have very low leakdown.
Friends motor has very high leakdown (like 60+%) after about 60 miles his oil turns black and smells like gasoline.
My motor has around 180k miles on it, after 6000 miles with Mobile1 its still honey colored. I have very low leakdown.
Friends motor has very high leakdown (like 60+%) after about 60 miles his oil turns black and smells like gasoline.
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Just because you've put 3 or 5k miles on oil doesn't mean its done.
Yeah.. Friends car also runs 10:1 under WOT thanks to PC-Pro. :gay:
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Shitty, my oil gets black quickly and smells of fuel (not to strongly but I don’t remember it smelling of gas before) …the engine is stock and has ~80k on it and while I was at the glen would run at 7-7.6k for 20 minutes at a time. The shop that sets and techs the car for track days (also sets up spec and track miatas as well as other race/track cars) feels my car is down on power. Guess I should do a rebuild before slapping a turbo on.
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Shitty, my oil gets black quickly and smells of fuel (not to strongly but I don’t remember it smelling of gas before) …the engine is stock and has ~80k on it and while I was at the glen would run at 7-7.6k for 20 minutes at a time. The shop that sets and techs the car for track days (also sets up spec and track miatas as well as other race/track cars) feels my car is down on power. Guess I should do a rebuild before slapping a turbo on.
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ya but if i have a "fun" blow out at the track its apparently bad form to take out half the pack, some you collect with the now spinning car as the rear wheels lock when the motor seizes and the rest get to find your oil slick and spin in to you and your new buddies you just took into the wall with you a few seconds before
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I was at NHIS and a 968 turbo build threw a rod or was that 2 through the motor and oil pan this oiled the track and stopped the motor from spinning effectively locking the rear wheels as the driver “momentarily lost presents of mind” and didn’t put the in clutch adding insult to injury as the car spun into a tire wall
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