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Oil Discoloration

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by briansgreencar, Dec 8, 2014.

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    It could be the engine flush residual or Oil additive (ie BG, ect) that they love to put in every car's oil change.
     
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    I don't see anything wrong with it. Just keep driving.
     
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    OP, if you take any more pics of dipstick, try to ensure you've got a completely blank background. A grey card would be ideal, or something like blue sky. Your autofocus is consistently focussing on background.
     
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    I second this suggestion. It'll only cost the OP $25, and will conclusively tell the OP what's going on. In fact, I'd guilt my dealership into lickingn up the tab, since they don't know how else to proceed.
     
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    No big mystery here.

    Its the bottom of the bulk oil vat. The op is using regular dino oil and that's what you get when the vat oil is low. They never clean the vats and they never clean the trucks that supply the oil. Can you imagine the crap that's in the bottom of an oil vat that's never been cleaned in 15 years.

    Try bottle only synthetic and you'll never have any issues. Go to Walmart and buy 5 gallon jug of Mobil 1 5-30 for $24.95.
    Your car will run 100% better.
     
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    Oh and the dealer will religiously overfill your oil too. No extra charge. Don't believe me?
    First thing in the AM before you start the car check the oil after a dealer change. It will be 1/8 or 1/4 over the fill line.

    Dealer is the last place I would have my oil changed. Its not there technicians doing it its a $8 an hour guy who just does only oil changes. And you can't watch them either. There not paying a tech $25 a hour to change oil. At least my dealer does it like this. And the guy no speekee English either.
     
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    NO.....200% better......really !!! :)
     
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    1/8 or 1/4 what ?
    If that is inches, that suits me just fine.
     
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    If there are no follow up quality images, I assume the whole thread was a joke. The provided pictures were so bad it looked like one changed colors in photoshop.
     
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    Mainly lousy focus.
     
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    Check your coolant level. Because it is either coolant mix or a shitty oil which I would replace not with a dealer one. If your coolant level has dropped then I would say welcome to hell.