I have no idea if this is ok but my oil gets dark so quick like in 300 miles with out hard driving it gets kinda dark ??? I use Mobil 1 10 W30 full synthec as the dealer recommends??? I have always used that oil in all my cars but it does not get dark that quick in the others. Oh I use K and N oil filter too which should be the best. Is that ok please let me know.

thanks

 

Yeah, it gets dark really quick. I think because of the rich running condition of the EVO.

 

The Mobile-1 gets dark really quick. It did the same thing in my 2000 SLK 230 after about 250 miles. You only have to change the oil every 10-15 thousand miles depending on how you drive the SLK.( It tells you when to change the oil)
I had 102,528 miles on my SLK when I traded it in for my EVO and I had ZERO problems using this oil.

 

It's normal. Don't worry about it.

 

It's inherent to mobil 1

 

it is normal... no worries

 

Thanks guys good to know

 

You must be kidding me!? You changed the oil every 10-15 thousand miles. That must be a typo because that engine would be crap if you did that. I don't care what car you have, especially a car with forced induction like an SLK I hope you dont actually think that those lights on the dashes like Mercedes and BMW's have that tell you when to change the oil are correct. I had a 95 and a 98 M3 and the oil lights even when driving the car extremely hard would still not go off until 5 or 6k which is rediculous.

 

on my 00 BMW 323ci.. the oil change light would come on every 10k miles... and BMW told me it was fine and my bmw had around 70k miles and about only 6 oil changes.... no problems with the motor....

 

mine does the same thing.. dark very fast.. and after about 3k miles i'm at the low end of the oil level..

 

YEP same here mine is super dark/dirty looking at aliitle over 2,000 miles. I have been changing mine at 2,500.

 

doesnt make sense. We are suppose to change out synthetic every 3k , but my friends e46 changes the oil every 10k even with track events. Oil is always clean and eats a little bit of oil. Why is this?

 

I have lot of friends with e46s especially since I used to drive a e46 for about 2years...

I always changed my oil every 5k mile at the most so my friends.. and still took it to the dealer for scheduled oil service (they were free)

 

will i change my oil every 2500 to be on the safe side plus i go fast some times so just in case plus turbo cars require more ATT than none. If I had a Camery or a lancer OZ or any simple engine car i would change it every 5 to 6 TM no more because oil is what makes your car live longer and stay strong.