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two words...oil analysis.
Posted by JohnB (more from JohnB) on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:04:51
In Reply to: Re: oil at end of dipstick fine, cream colored a ways up, Jon Jennings, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:00:04
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See your amsoil dealer for a kit, take a sample before you change the oil and send the sample of the old oil in. Watch the oil/dipstick while you're waiting for the oil analyis.
Look for silicates (generally a sign of prestone-type antifreeze) in the oil although such can also be just dirt from a bad air filter. Make sure you give the oil analysis paper your phone number so they can call you in case it's urgent but I doubt it since there's just a little mousse on your dipstick.
If you're really anal you can have someone like a dealer or indy with an exhaust sniffer check the atmosphere in the coolant expansion tank...a head gasket leak will often result in exhaust gases in the coolant that the exhaust analyzer will detect. A positive sniff is grounds for selling the car or having the head gasket replaced.
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Posts in this Thread:
- oil at end of dipstick fine, cream colored a ways up, PBrown, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:30:11
- Re: oil at end of dipstick fine, cream colored a ways up, soneway, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:16:00
- Re: oil at end of dipstick fine, cream colored a ways u, jp, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:52:35
- Re: oil at end of dipstick fine, cream colored a ways up, Jon Jennings, Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:00:04
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