Black Oil

[AEardley]

Being new to the Diesel I may ask some foolish questions. However, one must learn.



I pulled my dip-stick and noticed my oil is extremely black and has a very slight smoky smell. I am 1800 miles into my last oil change and my truck has 9800 miles on it.



Question:



1. I that normal?

2. Would the good bypass oil filter such as FS2500 be a good idea and worth the $$$



Thanks,

 

[Pawpaw]

Yes, it's normal. The oil turns black VERY quickly on the 3rd Gen engines and tells you nothing about the condition of your oil.



The general consensus seems to be that it is soot that makes the oil so black so fast.



Mine is coal black by about 500 miles.



Bob

 

[Bertram65]

Normal, usually within a couple hundred miles it is pitch black.

For being new to diesel looks like from your sig your truck is already pretty nicely modified already.

 

[klenger]

Mine is black when I check it after changing it w/o driving it at all. I suppose I could change it twice to clean it out, but what's the point.

 

[RDyson]

That process is probably sped up a little bit by the mods in your sig. :-laf



Randy

 

[Cummins724]

Being new to the Diesel I may ask some foolish questions. However, one must learn.



I pulled my dip-stick and noticed my oil is extremely black and has a very slight smoky smell. I am 1800 miles into my last oil change and my truck has 9800 miles on it.



Question:



1. I that normal?

2. Would the good bypass oil filter such as FS2500 be a good idea and worth the $$$



Thanks,

Doug @ Advance Diesel Technology was telling me yesterday about the fs2500. He said that a guy had 185k on a motor & only changed oil 4 times. I guess with this system you send samples into a lab & they tell you the condition of your oil. I guess you only change it when they tell you to. If this is true... then maybe we should all be using this system.

 

[DZink24]

You can thank the 3rd injection event in the 04. 5 and up motors for instant black oil. My '04 w/o the 3rd injection went over 9,700 miles and 250 hours between changes, and when I dumped the oil last week, I won't say it was perfect, but I will say that it did still have a golden brown tinge to it, definitely not coal black.



That pesky 3rd injection event... stupid kitty...