First ... not to kick a man so to speak, but as BillU already stated, I personally was very tired of the Tim/Amsoil slant with every post he made ... just my two cents.
The pic is very hard to deal with ... I've tried, it is not a good pic.
I see varnish ... I see what appears to be a car that has a motor that was negelected.
My sister had on 04 ... not a 97 ... that she handed over to me ... she had probably changed the oil less than 5 times TOTAL. The dipstick on that 04 had varnish to the very top. When I pulled the valve cover, it looked as bad as the pic .... so again, to me, who knows what went on in that first 32k????
I believe plenty could have happened in that first 32k ... plenty, including changing the oil ...once, twice, three times only maybe?
The pic is very hard to deal with ... I've tried, it is not a good pic.
I see varnish ... I see what appears to be a car that has a motor that was negelected.
My sister had on 04 ... not a 97 ... that she handed over to me ... she had probably changed the oil less than 5 times TOTAL. The dipstick on that 04 had varnish to the very top. When I pulled the valve cover, it looked as bad as the pic .... so again, to me, who knows what went on in that first 32k????
I believe plenty could have happened in that first 32k ... plenty, including changing the oil ...once, twice, three times only maybe?