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... so I decided it was time for an oil change in my 200ci '65.
before putting the new oil in I thought I'd run some cheap oil through it first to 'clean it out' a bit ... so ran that in the engine for 5 mins or so .. then emptied it.. and when I drained it out of the sump it was already black!!
..so .. I codged together another gallon of oil that had been sitting in various bottles for a few years and put that in
Ran it again for maybe 10 mins (only standing still, not driving)
Drained that and that came out pretty much very nearly black too! (picture below of oil at this point if you're interested!)
.. anyway .. didn't have any more spare oil so put the proper new stuff in.
So... why is it so dirty?.. .am I picking up a load of crud that's been in the bottom of the sump for years or something ..??
2nd lot of 'cleaning' oil ..
before putting the new oil in I thought I'd run some cheap oil through it first to 'clean it out' a bit ... so ran that in the engine for 5 mins or so .. then emptied it.. and when I drained it out of the sump it was already black!!
..so .. I codged together another gallon of oil that had been sitting in various bottles for a few years and put that in
Ran it again for maybe 10 mins (only standing still, not driving)
Drained that and that came out pretty much very nearly black too! (picture below of oil at this point if you're interested!)
.. anyway .. didn't have any more spare oil so put the proper new stuff in.
So... why is it so dirty?.. .am I picking up a load of crud that's been in the bottom of the sump for years or something ..??
2nd lot of 'cleaning' oil ..