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Clean it up!
Posted by LesH [Email] (more from LesH) on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:10:34
In Reply to: Problem is, what to do if you find sludge, Phil, Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:14:52
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At oil change time, you can dig around inside the bottom of the sump (through the drain hole) with a piece of wire and see if you can drag out any carbon particles ("coffee grounds") or jellylike sludge. If you get signs...
You can check under valve cover. $200 sounds like a lot for this work. If it looks very clean then that will give you a warm fuzzy feeling and you won't feel the urgency to check the oil pan. If it's a mess, then you won't feel bad about spending the $ to pull the pan.
Once the pan is out you can clean it up all sparkly inside, clean the "coffee grounds" out of the oil pickup screen, and look into the various engine flush methods available if you think the severity warrants it.
My 2001 has passed oil drain and valve cover checks (80k miles). Since I DIY just about everything the sump will come off when I find it convenient (sometime when I need to drop the turbo downpipe anyways) but I'm in no rush.
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