Oil Visual Inspection
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... that you should know better after being on this forum over 6 years. 
Looks fine to me...
What motor is that from ?
In a port injected motor this is a expected finding.
In a port injected motor oil that was black after 1500 to 2000 miles would not be a normal finding.
I had that happen to my lady's 98 Camry... That car had severely short tripped for years prior to us getting it. And it likely hardly ever got to full operation temperature. I had checked the iil in that first 1500 miles and it was clear amber color at first and slowly had gotten a touch darker by 1000 miles Then at about 1500 miles and all the sudden the oil was black and had chunks of black in the oil. . Not a expected finding. Only thing I could hypothesize was enough heat cycles had been put on the motor and all of that black crud in the motor finally broke free and got off all the motor internal parts and got into that oil. That was a bit freaky. It only happened that one time. Though it was actually a good thing that happened because it meant that the motor had been cleaned off inside to a good degree.
In a GDI or diesel motor oil color is meaningless because of the soot introduced so quickly.
What motor is that from ?
In a port injected motor this is a expected finding.
In a port injected motor oil that was black after 1500 to 2000 miles would not be a normal finding.
I had that happen to my lady's 98 Camry... That car had severely short tripped for years prior to us getting it. And it likely hardly ever got to full operation temperature. I had checked the iil in that first 1500 miles and it was clear amber color at first and slowly had gotten a touch darker by 1000 miles Then at about 1500 miles and all the sudden the oil was black and had chunks of black in the oil. . Not a expected finding. Only thing I could hypothesize was enough heat cycles had been put on the motor and all of that black crud in the motor finally broke free and got off all the motor internal parts and got into that oil. That was a bit freaky. It only happened that one time. Though it was actually a good thing that happened because it meant that the motor had been cleaned off inside to a good degree.
In a GDI or diesel motor oil color is meaningless because of the soot introduced so quickly.
What problem are we supposed to be looking for?
Looks good to me. Keep changing it on a regular basis and that Honda Accord will last a long, long time.
Looks like what I would expect with M1 (it looks like that new coming out of the bottle).
How it smells it much more important.
Looks like oil
Are you bored today?
What is this Forum coming to? LOL
On a more serious question to the Critic, how are you liking the HPL oil that you are now using?
I guess asking daily updates is probably going a bit overboard?
Maybe I'll do a UOA in 12-18 months. That's the best answer I can give you.
I thought it was taste?
Bingo! I've been saying this for years! Taste is sooooo much more important than visual appearance or smell!
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Iron wear looks a little high.
It was for sure in jest. I did look to see the post count here. Thousands of posts and a color question on a paper towel will get me there. No offense intended on a personal level....BUT! I'd expect the same if I did that.
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I can't believe he even started a thread with this.
Visual oil inspection should go no further than the level on the dipstick and signs of leakage. 
Its supposed to taste like caramel right ?
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