I got my oil changed after 2500 miles and my oil was straight black and a quart low, ii checked it yesterday witht the new oil and it was basically black again. i thought it was from being to rich cause i have a aem shortram, bov and mbc, so i got my flash. well i thought it would lean it out but for some reason my oil is still black after like 2 to 3 days. i also installed a walbro fuel pump. so do you guys think its running rich from my aem shortram? I have an o5 so is it alright to run the shortram on it?

 

What color do you want the oil to be? lol

 

All motor oil turns black over time and it can even be black right after an oil change.

 

I was concerned the first time I changed my oil and it was black. Then my freind told me to relax and that it was normal for full synthetic oil to turn black like that under the heat. He said every time he changes the oil in his TT 3rd gen RX7 the oil is completely black and it was the same in his '01 Prelude because he ran full synthetic. Not saying this is fact, but just my experience.

 

k im just making sure. but is the aem short ram made for an 05 since i did buy it from an 04?

 

And he changes his oil every 2500 miles or so in both cars.

 

the intake shouldnt make a difference from an 03-05. Tunes/flashes are highly recommended with intakes though. A bit off topic but just a thought. I really doubt the intake has anything to do with your oil being black.

 

k, thanks, so the oil will burn pretty fast then since its oiled cooled?

 

Heat is going to cause that. Running leaner causes more heat in the combustion chamber than running richer. So no, a tune won't cure that and an intake won't cause it. My stock 03 Evo had black oil at that mileage interval.

 

b/c evos are turbo cars (high blowthrough) and Mobil1 is really good at collecting gunk our oil turns black remarkably fast. Don't sweat it, its normal.

 

I just did my first oil change at 2800 miles and the oil was jet black also. That is expected with a new engine and due to the fact that the car is turbocharged. My Audi was the same way.

Now if there were metal shavings in your oil, then i'd be concerned.

 

One thing that kinda is unclear to me... I 've changed oil on many different cars N/A and Turbocharged, even light nitrous cars. These cars (my current car the exception) all had what I'd reffer to as a very dark amber oil color, maybe at worst light molasses. Definitely not black though. My current car's oil (turbo) definitely turns black, to the point where i take a few drops to test on a white paper towel, and as it soaks in it leaves behind a dark grey ash like deposit. Now this is at about 2000 mi. after oil change, and I have horrible leak down on two cylinders from the rings. Now, that is cause for alarm, but I am the posterboy for rutine maintenence, and a glutten for having my car break down in very catastrophic and inconvenient ways! oh yeah 101,000 mi. on the odometer....

 

1.8t? Mine burned through a quart of oil after every 1k miles.. The dealer said "oh yea that's normal, just bring it by and we'll top it off whenever." Sorry.. but for a 180hp engine.. that's crap. lol. And a little too high maintenance for me.

 

I have an 04' Evo with Aem Short ram car has 17,000+ miles and is 500 miles from an oil change oil is dark brown/black I change my oil at 3,000 miles.I had A 1.8t bougt new with 12 miles on the car oil would not start to change color until 4,000 miles was like that when we traded it in at 13,000 miles only thing I have that has jet black oil Is my riding lawn mower and that is bone stock and is not turbocharged.

 

Here here! Obviously if the oil is blakish grey, then there is probably a large amount of contamination bipassign the rings. This is never good, because it can often also mean there is oil traveling up into the chamber, and that usually leands to other nasty things. Heavy carbon build up, plug fouling, and detonation. My point being, if tune up is correct, and rings seal like they should, the oil should be as Johnturbotron described for his Audi.