I was just curious, mine kinda of looks dark not 2dark where it would need to be changed. I don't drive the car hard at all,. i probably hit 6500 twice/week or so. is this normal for the evos for thier oil to get dirty quicker than other cars or not?

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ps. the car has only 18k miles. no mods. stock! and i change the oil every 3k.

 

mine is black after 50 miles. i change mine more often and every once in awhile i use the flush machine and push clean oil through the engine to get the dirty stuff out. i never use the flush chemicals though.

 

wevo1985.
how many miles on ur car?

 

Engine oil is supposed to get dark, it's the detergent doing its job of preventing sludge buildup in your engine.

 

Mine's always pretty dark too. Pretty normal for a turbo car. Gas contamination, blowby, etc. That's why I think you should change the oil every 3K in the Evo. Sure the oil could last longer but in pretty short time you have more than the oil in your crankcase.

 

great comments guys! thanks!

ya iam new to the evos, and been reading alot about them (i think i read more about my evo than my b.s. degree..lol)

Thanks

 

Oddly mine stays fairly clean unless the car is really **** pounded during a lapping day. A severe duty lapping event can change it from fresh and golden the night before to dark brown in 300 miles.

I think filtration and age has alot to do with it. Mine has 12k on it but I run only OEM oil and air filters (yes stock paper filters).

 

Any of my cars that required synthetic oil get dark really fast. I don't know if is because of the oil or just coincidence.

 

ya that is kind of wierd. Well, i have a focus that i used to drive b4 the evo and i used to use mobile1 as well, but it was alot cleaner, however, the engine never ran higher than 4k rpm so that might be it as well.

 

i only use mobile 1 and thats werid dude

 

wierd as in evo engine oils get darker quick u mean? or my particular situation is wierd?

 

The oil should look dark. That means it is doing its job. I would be panicking if my oil looked like new after 2000 miles

 

would u say the same if u were driving a different car?just curious if that was strictly to the evos or in general.

 

My oil looks cleaner then it did when I put it in there 4k miles ago.

AMSoil.

 

how drive ur car? not boosting alot?