Is there a way to detect sludge with a UOA? Or do you need to pull the valve cover.
A sludged up engine would likely be cleaner on the outside. You can't spill oil on it if you never add any or change it.quote:
Originally posted by Bryanccfshr:
Why would a sludged up engine need to be dirty on the outside?
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Originally posted by brianl703:
A sludged up engine would likely be cleaner on the outside. You can't spill oil on it if you never add any or change it.quote:
Originally posted by Bryanccfshr:
Why would a sludged up engine need to be dirty on the outside?
I would think the engine would be dirtier on the outside for the amount of miles that sludge would take to aacumulate over time. THe engine looks to clean for that type of abuse. It looks fake to me, the splatter does not have the curvature of the heat shield, its flat on a curved surface. THe oil in the journals/races or whatever they are in the pic does not look that bad off, its brown, not black. I still say its a fake, but it doesnt really matter I guess.quote:
Originally posted by Bryanccfshr:
Why would a sludged up engine need to be dirty on the outside?
Here I lightened the image up for you... looks real to me.
Sorry about the size I am limited in my phot sizing skills
I have this same type of car. The heat shield that the speck of sludge is on is not curved. There are corners visible in the photo, but aside from those it is quite flat.quote:
Originally posted by 2005tundra2002yz250f:
It looks fake to me, the splatter does not have the curvature of the heat shield, its flat on a curved surface. THe oil in the journals/races or whatever they are in the pic does not look that bad off, its brown, not black.