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. Tonight we saw the oil was about a quart over full and milky due to water I assume. The antifreeze isn't low so I'm pretty sure it's just the fact the engine never gets to oil up to temperature to burn the water off. Although obviously very milky, we didn't see any "chunky" sludge or anything.
We changed the oil and filter. My question is how should I approach this going forward? The motor sounds OK on the new oil, not hearing any bearing noises anyway. Think a short change like 1000 miles and go from there? Thoughts?
We changed the oil and filter. My question is how should I approach this going forward? The motor sounds OK on the new oil, not hearing any bearing noises anyway. Think a short change like 1000 miles and go from there? Thoughts?