Originally Posted By: doublebase
All I ever read is...oil color doesn't mean anything.
Yet every time I see a car come in that has gone past what that car's oil change interval is supposed to be...or what that particular oil can handle...the oil looks black as night. So I think oil "color" is a term people are throwing around rather broadly.
All oil darkens eventually. The rate is different in different engines. Color doesn't mean anything by itself, so judging the oil condition on color alone is foolish, in both changing too early OR changing too late)
All I ever read is...oil color doesn't mean anything.
Yet every time I see a car come in that has gone past what that car's oil change interval is supposed to be...or what that particular oil can handle...the oil looks black as night. So I think oil "color" is a term people are throwing around rather broadly.
All oil darkens eventually. The rate is different in different engines. Color doesn't mean anything by itself, so judging the oil condition on color alone is foolish, in both changing too early OR changing too late)