Bart F-350
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I wonder, does anyone here have experience with polimerisation of the engine's lube oil?
It happened to my VW 1,9D engine, The lube oil became very thick, and I'm sure it is not the "mayonaise" like when there is a lot of condensation in the oil, or like you lose cooling fluid, when that mixes with the engine oil you get that caramel or mayonaise colored oil mix, it's NOT like that.
It is diesel engine oil, so black as soot, but then with the consistency from hair gel, like in the '80's!
What I did when I saw that; a oil change, with the cheapest oil possible, and a flush treatment with it.
Then as far as I could seen the engine was clean, and a new filter and new regular oil.
I did not look after that, assuming this happened just unforeseen isolated case.
Then a little while ago, I needed to be in that engine, under the valvecover, and again I noticed the thick layer of black goop.
and since the compression of that engine is 24 Bar, where VW says that anything under 26 Bar is worn out according to them I decided to overhaul that engine.
The thing I wonder though, is: has any of you experienced this? and / or does anyone here has a Idea why this happens?
Love to hear from you.
It happened to my VW 1,9D engine, The lube oil became very thick, and I'm sure it is not the "mayonaise" like when there is a lot of condensation in the oil, or like you lose cooling fluid, when that mixes with the engine oil you get that caramel or mayonaise colored oil mix, it's NOT like that.
It is diesel engine oil, so black as soot, but then with the consistency from hair gel, like in the '80's!
What I did when I saw that; a oil change, with the cheapest oil possible, and a flush treatment with it.
Then as far as I could seen the engine was clean, and a new filter and new regular oil.
I did not look after that, assuming this happened just unforeseen isolated case.
Then a little while ago, I needed to be in that engine, under the valvecover, and again I noticed the thick layer of black goop.
and since the compression of that engine is 24 Bar, where VW says that anything under 26 Bar is worn out according to them I decided to overhaul that engine.
The thing I wonder though, is: has any of you experienced this? and / or does anyone here has a Idea why this happens?
Love to hear from you.