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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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sorry i dont know why it wont upload but there is the URL to the pics there should be three
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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You have emulsification in the oil... usually caused by deficient services and continued swaps with what ever oil-of-the-day that doesn't mix well with other formulas that have been used over and over. Add enough time without maintenance it would become sludge. With that said, your new oil and the detergents therein are doing thier job and cleaning up the crap.

Real sludge you remove with a scraper. A very poorly maintained engine with cheap and multi-brands of oil mixtures oil can be washed out with cleaner and new oil detergents as you are discovering.

Your filter is undoubtably clogged up at this point otherwise it would be filtering out that dense emulsion. Change the oil and filter with good stuff. Drive 2 weeks and do it again.

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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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thanks well since i have had it i have only used one oil. in all of my vehicle i stick with one oil. so i should be safe right?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Safe only if you let that oil do it's job on the detergent side, drain and replace filter, and continue the process until you have it clean. If you have to spend $50 in two extra oil swaps over the next month, that's cheap insurance.

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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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yeah i have been changing it every month and i will do that till it comes out clean.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by stopp429
sorry i dont know why it wont upload but there is the URL to the pics there should be three
To insert a picture you correctly uploaded it to www.photobucket.com. Were you messed up was you put [img] [/img] typed around your link. This is incorrect as the IMG codes are already there. At the bottom of the links under your pictures there is 4 different addresses. Just copy and paste this address that begins with [IMG] and ends with it as well to the post and that's it!


BTW<-----Nice 5 point Mule deer.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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X2 on what the old fart said. Change oil and filter a couple more times to clean out the old oil. Preventive maintenance is always good.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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yup agreed, sounds like you caught it JUST IN TIME so keep up the changes till it comes out clean and you should be fine
 
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 11:13 AM
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thanks thats why they wouldnt work. LOL i am not that good with computers. and thanks yeah thats my 5x6 whitetail that still might make boone.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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hey ya'll. I wanted to get some input on what ya'll thought this was. I was checking the engine and making sure that everything was ok. I was bored. anyways. I opened the oil cap and found this.
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