Synthetic Oil

[jdd75]

Not bring familiar with synthetic oils,am wondering
if this is a normal colour of oil after about 8000 miles.
Mine was the colour of the icon above.

Don

[rustyk]

Motor oil? It should generally be dark grey or black, caused by its doing the job of getting contaminates into suspension.

ATF should be red or pink.

[jdd75]

This was motor oil,engine has 90K miles.
2005 Impala.

[DickWells]

Don: Is your coolant going down, and your oil level rising? Just a thought.

[jdd75]

No the coolant is fine.
Had the oil changed 3 days ago,they checked
the coolant levels and said it was fine.
Am surprised that in 8000 miles the oil
was only down about 3/4 of a letre.
Milage is good at 38 mpg(imperial)highway.
Check mileage every tank(calculated).
New oil is Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30.
Will watch it closely in the future for
any colour change.

[rustyk]

I thought you were referring to a diesel. Gaso engine motor oil will change color very little. The pink color doesn't signify a coolant leak - that would cause cloudiness and a mayonnaise-like sludge.

With few exceptions, the only thing you can tell from the color is...the color.

[jdd75]

Thanks Rustyk,when you reach
82 you have tendence to panic
over some thing new.
Will put head in the clouds and
forget it.

[trbankii]

With few exceptions, the only thing you can tell from the color is...the color.

I'd further say without knowing what the original color was, that's about all you're going to be able to say.

[jdd75]

I live in Canada.
Bought the car from Son-in-Law.
Phoned chev dealer in Blaine WA
who did all the servicing on this car.
Was told it was mobile 1 and they
said the colour was normal.
Panic button OFF!