So when I checked the oil today, noticed some brown sludge on the dip stick. Is this varnish? What should my next course of action be?
BTW the oil is changed regularly at 3k, and this current oil is about 2900mi old.
Brown Sludge On Dipstick
Started by 850GLT333, Mar 21 2005 03:49 AM
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Posted 21 March 2005 - 04:03 AM
stop and go driving when it's cold out causes this, change the oil and when it warms up some and the chances of condencation in the block go away the problem will go away.
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Posted 21 March 2005 - 04:06 AM
interesting and good to know. just glad its not a major problem. Thanks a lot!!
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Posted 21 March 2005 - 04:14 AM
aaah ok. For some reason in the surbuban the coolant is making some wierd form of sludge.
But now that i think about it, stop and go driving plus turning the car on and off with out proper warm up/cool down time, would also probably contribute to this.
But now that i think about it, stop and go driving plus turning the car on and off with out proper warm up/cool down time, would also probably contribute to this.
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