Thread: Oil colour after service?

Originally Posted by AlecW

Yeah when I drop oil I give it plenty of time to drain and sometimes use a little kerosene to get the rest of the dirty stuff, let that drain off and rinse with a little fresh oil. New oil filter, whack sump plug back in and my oil stays clean for quite some time

Oooh, that makes me wince Alec.

I do the fresh oil thing as the Tdi retains almost 800ml of oil between the sump and oil cooler circuit, but kero.
Naaa.

Originally Posted by rick130

Oooh, that makes me wince Alec.

I do the fresh oil thing as the Tdi retains almost 800ml of oil between the sump and oil cooler circuit, but kero.
Naaa.

Its probably no worse than those "flushing oils" you can buy. But they're designed to be pumped through the system with the engine running. Not that I'd use them myself.

If Alec is just tipping it in, it'll pretty much just drain straight to the sump and out the drain without going 'through' anything.

Originally Posted by Eevo

anyone know where to get used oil testing kits?

Wear check also do oil testing kits.A quick google will find a close supplier.They are also available from some Refrig/AC wholesalers.

The other thing is looking at a thin film of oil on a dipstick doesn't really give a great indication of the colour.You need to look at a sample of around 50 to 100ml in a clear jar or a similar container.

Yes well most of the oil flush products are kerosene based and it all runs straight through to the sump plug hole, gets a lot of residue out. After pouring a little spec oil through afterwards I doubt it would cause any problems. This is a 300tdi after all....

If only you'd spend as much time worrying about the important servicing requirements instead of the bloody oil . Pat

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Hey Chris, FYI I've just picked my Puma up from service. Here's a pic of my dipstick immediately after pickup. Looks very similar to yours I reckon, what do you think? New oil, new filter, slight residue of old oil visible, but nothing to worry about. Hope that helps.
Cheers

I consider that to be clean and new oil....

Regards
Daz

Originally Posted by PAT303

If only you'd spend as much time worrying about the important servicing requirements instead of the bloody oil . Pat

What you mean by that Pat?

Alec,show me an LR engine destroyed because of dirty oil and I'll show you 50 destroyed because of a split rad hose,failed viscous hub,blocked rad core . Pat