Oil Color

[Robert M]

  According to the oilfreaks* at www.bobistheoilguy.com color is no 
predictor of oil condition.


*that's a term of respect.

>From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Oil Color
>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:27:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>I thought this had been discussed sometime but I  searched in the archives 
>and came up empty so..... I had my 25k mile  oil and filter change done (at 
>the dealer) about 1k miles ago. I was  checking the oil yesterday and 
>noticed that it seems to be pretty dark,  almost black. Up to this point I 
>have used Mobil1 0w-40, but forgot to  buy it before I went to the dealer. 
>Their standard oil is Castrol  Syntec 5w-40. I thought I had read somewhere 
>that synthetic oil tends  to darken more quickly....? Does this make any 
>sense?
>
>   Thanks...
>
>   Dan D
>   '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>   Central NJ USA
>
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