Originally Posted By: mauric3
Thanks for the reply.. i would understand if it turned brown the day after or after 10 miles... but in my case.. i checked the oil before driving off the dealership.. so im guessing.. the technician put in oil then after everything was done.. parked the van in the lot.. So there wasnt a lot driving involved.. i dont think the engine was even running for more than 5 minutes though and it wasn't even driven for more than 1k km....
So the purple dye can be gone in less than 5 minutes?
I'm thinking of maybe getting another 6qts RP HPS 5w30 and go to maybe Mr LUBe or a shop where i can see them pour in the oil into my engine...Maybe gonna do it next week?
So let say if i go for another oil change next week... after the oil change .. i check my dipstick and its like Purple then after a day gonna check again then maybe check it for the next few days just to see if the purple dye is still present or not...
So if my engine oil is purple right after the service and stays purple after the first day... can we conclude that the technician that works for my local chrysler dealership screwed me over and the purple dye doesn't disappear that fast?
Here's a pic.. As you can see the bottom left is the bnew RP HPS 5w30 from the bottle.. The top right is the oil currently in my engine which is supposedly RP HPS 5w30.. See the color difference? What do you think?
What you are proposing is a waste of $$$. You've established so far, that the oil in the sump is new oil. Run it oil for the full interval, then take it to a shop and watch them pour the new RP in. Or better yet, as some others have suggested, do the oil change yourself.