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Dark oil? I just changed it...
After breaking my crankcase breather and dropping its shards into the crankcase; my dad and I decided that it would be good to flush the oil. The oil that was in the engine was really dark, and I had just changed it 500 miles ago! What is that all about?
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Re: Dark oil? I just changed it...
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One other possibility that I HOPE is not the case: you didn't drain the front diff and then fill the crank case again, did you? "Jiffy Lubes" have been known to pull this bonehead stunt.
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Couldn't warm it up first because of the crankcase breather mishap; that was why we were draining it in the first place I didn't think we needed a new filter if it was only after 500 miles? Yeah the car was tilted; jacked up on the driver's side.
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Hows the car running? how is the fuel economy? Rich mixture can contaminate the oil early. Any black smoke from the tailpipe? Check your airfilter.
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By the way, I wanted to add that my suggestion is far more unlikely than what the prez suggested.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Oh, well, okay. So if it's not warmed up and/or tilted it's darker? Also I replaced the air filter upon seeing it after taking off the intake hose stuff to clean the throttle...it had pine needles and sludgey looking stuff on the underside...
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Good call on the air filter. EEK! Sounds nasty. Did you ever get the plastic bits out of the crankcase?
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Also, does a person necessarily HAVE to use a crow's foot to get the PVC valve back into the engine? I got it tight enough with a regular wrench but I didn't know if that means it's threaded wrong or not tight enough,... |
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I would recomend NOT tightening the PCV real tight. Someday you will have to get it back out. It is a pipe thread and will seal with only a little force. Won't loosen either.
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I didn't use a crow's foot. I wound up using an open ended wrench. It's just a pain in the butt and a very short "throw," to say the least. I hope you were using a shop vac, and not "mom's pride and joy Electrolux" or something. If you used the latter, I'd get the SVX up to speed in no time and get the heck outta Dodge. When ladies start swinging brooms at you, it can really be painful!!
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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AMSE?
Garrett
Did you visit the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge this past weekend? We were coming out of the shopping center and saw a black over claret pulling out of the parking lot. Was that you?
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