Bought a beater truck and changed the oil. Found a few little sludge deposits in the oil filter here:
This was only a week ago.
I have been trying to drive it at least a little bit every day since then as it's not really a daily driver as it gets 18mpg.
Oil pressure was sitting just above 40psi hot at idle after I changed it and for several days after that. A hundred miles later it's closer to 30psi hot a idle.
Could a neglected engine switched to PP clog up a wix 51085 in a week and about 100 miles?
IMO I didn't think it would be possible. Maybe 500 or a thousand miles not 100.
Anyways I got a wix 51515xp to stick on there for the next oil change, it's as fat as a wix 51085 but longer. So I have an oil for it now.
STP filter "2 oil changes" unknown miles cut open with sludge deposits!!
Got a 1999 Dodge 5.2l Dakota. Changed the oil, at unknown miles. But I think the oil filter has 2 oil changes on it. I say that because it looks like someone used channel locks to attempt unscrewing the oil filter, gave up, ran the filter with the channel lock scratches long enough for them to...
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I have been trying to drive it at least a little bit every day since then as it's not really a daily driver as it gets 18mpg.
Oil pressure was sitting just above 40psi hot at idle after I changed it and for several days after that. A hundred miles later it's closer to 30psi hot a idle.
Could a neglected engine switched to PP clog up a wix 51085 in a week and about 100 miles?
IMO I didn't think it would be possible. Maybe 500 or a thousand miles not 100.
Anyways I got a wix 51515xp to stick on there for the next oil change, it's as fat as a wix 51085 but longer. So I have an oil for it now.