Oil Too Clean at 3000 miles?

chrispaine · #1 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:00 AM

Well I have only done one oil change on the truck since I have owned it and after 3500 miles the oil still looks very clean, like gas motor clean. I have owned and been around multiple diesels over the past few years and the oil is always black as can be. I own a jeep with a 4 cyl diesel it it now also and it has the normal very black diesel oil even after 1000 miles it's super black. I owned a 7.3 two years ago and it also had the norm black oil.
I guess I just want to make sure nothing is wrong, I mean I would know it if the truck wasn't getting the oil press it needs, the gauge reads normal press.
Is there anything I should be worried about?
Maybe Ill take a pic and show you guys. Thanks

jlynch799 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:02 AM

so did mine i found that it was clean and seamed wrong, but then at 4000 it had a slight darker tent.

superxcrewfx4 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:04 AM

Thats my exact truck lol except mines the long bed. My oil doesnt look like that but I had an analysis done but it came back like a new engine from blackstone labs. I have 217k

chrispaine · #4 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:36 AM

Yeah, I like the fact that it's clean but it just dosent seem right.

jlynch799 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:43 AM

i think as long as you have oil pressure everything has to be allright

Ryan Rønning · #6 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:56 AM

Any chance its running an after market oil filtration system.

jlynch799 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 06:10 AM

mines stock. no mods for oil

***Cutty72*** · #8 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 06:16 AM

On my old man's truck (02 7.3) he lets the old drain for a couple hours every oil change. The oil looks new every time too. When he has it changed somewhere else it doesn't come out so clean.