1988 Lincoln Town Car engine oil......

1988 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
17,890 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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HI I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY WHEN I CHANGE MY OIL ONE WEEK 7 DAYS LATER IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE NOT CHANGE IT IN SIX MONTHS, THE ENGINE , HAVE A MISS TO IT, AND 17890.9 MILES ON IT.. I HAVE PUT NEW WIRES AN PLUGS...
Nov 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM
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HI there,

This question is often asked, what you are seeing is clean oil discoloured with the remnants of the old oil, it is nigh on impossible to remove all the oil oil from the engine you could easily account foe almost 1/4 liter of oil if you could remove every last drop after an oil change, that is why it is important to have the engine at normal operation temp, so you do drain as much as you can, so don't worry it is not doing your engine any harm to have this discolouration so early after an oil change.

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 6, 2008 at 3:05 AM
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