[net.auto] Brown Oil, what does this mean?

weil@dataio.UUCP (Steve Weil) (05/14/85)

Does it mean air in the oil as might be caused by overfilling?
The car is a Honda Civic (83).
Thanks,

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rosen@gypsy.UUCP (05/15/85)

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What color were you expecting?  I thought that slightly dirty oil is suppose
to be brown(ish).  If you are talking about *really* dark brown, try
changing the oil for starters.  When your oil turns a bright green color
(i.e. the color of antifreeze), then you got a problem (aka blown head
gasket).  If your oil consists of a whitish-brown foam, then you may also
have coolant leaking into the crankcase.  This could be a cracked block or a
blown head gasket.


Steve Rosen
rosen@gypsy

chim@ncsu.UUCP (Bill Chimiak) (05/17/85)

I believe he was expecting BLACK.  I have never
had brown oil when I have changed my oil. It
has always been black.