Recent content by Scout1

I just got around to watching this video and thought it was really good! But it's been a lot tougher to read through this 11 page post to make sure I didn't say anything stupid... I know everyone is fixated on the OCI but what I found kinda interesting was Lake's discussion of the ZDDP history...

Update: We did another oil and filter change after 40 miles on the first change and this is what came out. Looks a lot better now I think. I'm debating if it's worth it to do an oil analysis on this oil... The antifreeze is still right to the top so I remain convinced this was just short trip...

Lots of good discussion, thanks gang! When I pulled the radiator cap, the engine was warm but not hot. It was holding some pressure I had to bleed off before removing the cap, so that's a positive sign. I don't have the pressure testing equipment but I'll look into that. I kind of doubt anyone...

I have it in my second oil recycle 5 gal plastic jug. Yeah, it looks like about 4 or so quarts came out. Like I said earlier, it looked to be about a quart high on the dipstick.

No check engine lights. The car has 127k miles on it and seems to run pretty well. The antifreeze was full but did look like it needed to be changed. Do you think that having the oil in this condition likely did any damage to the motor?

No gas smell. Just smells pretty much like regular lube to me...

Maybe I will send a sample in for an oil analysis. I kept it separate from my normal oil recycle jug since I'm not sure they will want it. Would be interesting to see what it shows!

I pulled the radiator cap.

The engine took 4 1/2 quarts on refill with filter. I didn't measure how much came out but I hope there isn't a bunch still sitting in the pan as jelly!

So if it's a head gasket, then that's antifreeze in the oil then right? But the coolant wasn't low, so how's that possible? (I have to be honest, I'll have to ask her if she was adding coolant, I can't say for sure about that) I do have the tester to check for combustion gas in the radiator so I...

These pictures are the oil and filter out of a 1998 Toyota Corolla. The car belongs to my daughter-in-law's mom and I've been remiss to not get her to bring it over earlier. I think the oil has been in there over a year now and she drives 1/4 mile to work and back with infrequent longer trips...

Interesting, I didn't know waste spark systems did that! Thanks for the info. The car has 180k miles on it (with the original transmission no less!) so my son doesn't plan on keeping it so we just replaced these with some Autolite platinum's. Before we changed the plugs the symptoms were check...

Changed the plugs on my son's 2002 Taurus today, this has the 3.0 Vulcan pushrod V6. The plugs removed were Bosch Platinum that I put in 80k miles ago. What was really strange is the three on the front bank looked really worn while the three from the rear bank were much less worn. Front bank had...

OK, thanks for the reassurances! When I opened the first bottle, I thought, "Oh no, this must be used oil that somebody replaced in the bottles!" I do kind of remember the older stuff being darker with the reddish tint. Anyone know what additive gives this old stuff the darker color? Whatever it...