knightma
Member Since: 16 Feb 2006
Location: Cheltenham
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Bought my new 06 MY TDV6 SE two and a half months ago. It's now covered 2500 miles, I recently checked the oil, it was to the top mark but to my suprise it was black. Is this normal?
All other cars I've owned from new have had clean looking engine oil even to the end of each service interval. It's the first turbo diesel I've owned so the only thought I have is that the turbo is heating the oil and carbonising it. The car is driven only by my wife and she certainly doesn't thrash it. Can anyone confirm whether this is normal and what would be causing it.
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 19th Apr 2006 8:51 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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Diesel engine oil looks dirty, dont worry  In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 19th Apr 2006 8:56 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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To back up Andrew's soothing reassurance - look at the first paragraph here
http://www.practicingoilanalysis.com/artic...ionControl 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 19th Apr 2006 9:28 pm |
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