Can a clogged oil filter cause an engine to sludge up ?
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My last car had major motor failure due to MOBILE 1
Never use that garbage again! Im in the middle with a potential suit against Mobile and my old dealer is actually backing me up on it. They said it was the 2nd case that came through the dealer. They do not even recommend it now. Go figure.
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As for how do I know the oil did it? Im not too sure. Im just going with what the dealer stated. The dealer insisted it was the oil because when they serviced it they heard a lifter ticking so after inspecting they decided to drop the pan. They found about 1.5" of sludge on the bottom. They couldnt find any other problem or source. They had the car for 2 weeks. I wish I took a picture of it. Looked like roof tar!
IMO it could of been a failed filter that might of caused it??
The dealers Dist manager came to inspect it to verify. The manager told me they had an Altima w/ a 3.5 V6 that had the same thing happen to it. So he blamed it on the oil. The dealer was the one who did all my oil changes w/ Mobil 1 since brand new. It was a 2002 Maxima with only 70k on it. Every 4-5k miles faithfully.
Nissan America offered to help but I don't think nothing will come of it.
I lost about 2-3k when getting rid of it.
I'm sticking with what I used to use and that's Valvoline. I will just get the Platinum this time.
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I was the original owner.
2002 Maxima SE
72k miles
Just the lifter ticking
Oil pump failed (dealer claims due to sludge)
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Just gotten my results of the investigation of why my motor **** the bed and the sludge build up. They took samples of the oil and they took the oil filter.
They declared that the filter was the culprit. I guess they stated that the insides where doubled and no oil could penetrate through to filter out contaminates. Basically no oil couldn't flow through it period. The dealer and I were blaming Mobil 1 oil but it was the Mobil 1 filter that was bad not the oil. Im getting 2k back that I lost on the price of my old Maxima due to the damage. Who says fighting corporate America or the Oil companies never work out?? I have to thank my old dealer for all the help they given me with my case.
Was he feed a line of [censored] about the oil filter causing all the sludge ?
Wouldn't the oil filter just run on bypass ?
Wouldn't it more likely be an engine condition that caused the sludging ?
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My last car had major motor failure due to MOBILE 1
Never use that garbage again! Im in the middle with a potential suit against Mobile and my old dealer is actually backing me up on it. They said it was the 2nd case that came through the dealer. They do not even recommend it now. Go figure.
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As for how do I know the oil did it? Im not too sure. Im just going with what the dealer stated. The dealer insisted it was the oil because when they serviced it they heard a lifter ticking so after inspecting they decided to drop the pan. They found about 1.5" of sludge on the bottom. They couldnt find any other problem or source. They had the car for 2 weeks. I wish I took a picture of it. Looked like roof tar!
IMO it could of been a failed filter that might of caused it??
The dealers Dist manager came to inspect it to verify. The manager told me they had an Altima w/ a 3.5 V6 that had the same thing happen to it. So he blamed it on the oil. The dealer was the one who did all my oil changes w/ Mobil 1 since brand new. It was a 2002 Maxima with only 70k on it. Every 4-5k miles faithfully.
Nissan America offered to help but I don't think nothing will come of it.
I lost about 2-3k when getting rid of it.
I'm sticking with what I used to use and that's Valvoline. I will just get the Platinum this time.
Quote:
...
I was the original owner.
2002 Maxima SE
72k miles
Just the lifter ticking
Oil pump failed (dealer claims due to sludge)
Quote:
Just gotten my results of the investigation of why my motor **** the bed and the sludge build up. They took samples of the oil and they took the oil filter.
They declared that the filter was the culprit. I guess they stated that the insides where doubled and no oil could penetrate through to filter out contaminates. Basically no oil couldn't flow through it period. The dealer and I were blaming Mobil 1 oil but it was the Mobil 1 filter that was bad not the oil. Im getting 2k back that I lost on the price of my old Maxima due to the damage. Who says fighting corporate America or the Oil companies never work out?? I have to thank my old dealer for all the help they given me with my case.
Was he feed a line of [censored] about the oil filter causing all the sludge ?
Wouldn't the oil filter just run on bypass ?
Wouldn't it more likely be an engine condition that caused the sludging ?