Oil colour after change?

[Noel Brig]

I suppose it all depends on how clean you expect oil to be in a diesel.

When I got my 1.6HDi it had a bit of a dodgy service history, so I dropped the sump to see if there was a sludge problem, with the sump off I was able to make a good job of cleaning it out. The oil was truly black.

Below is a picture of the oil 350 mile after the sump removal - I would suggest this looks very clean for oil in a diesel. And demonstrates how much your new oil is contaminated by what does not drain out of the sump in a normal oil change.

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[craigblues]

Oil always goes black as unfortunately you cannot get rid of all the old oil completely from the engine/system and therefore the old oil discolors the new oil when mixes, its nothing to worry about. :-)

Think I'm right anyhow.

[ffrenchie]

My niece, bless her, thought the oil was black when you put it in. I was changing the oil and she said I was putting the wrong stuff in.