Saturday, December 26, 2009

Wha is blow over when it pertains to the darkening of motor oil?

Coming from a seasoned certified mechanic, it amazing how so many people think that blow by plays a major role in darkening of the motor oil. What alot of folks are forgeting about is something called thermal break down. Thermal break down has about 78% of a role in making the oil dark as well as wear and fricton. Blow by only has about a good 12% of it having to contribute to the oil darkening process. New and realtively new cars only produce a small amount of blow by within the upper single digit #'s. Neglected engines have more. performance built engines are in the 8% percentileor less.Wha is blow over when it pertains to the darkening of motor oil?
It's called blow by. Compression gasses under extreme pressure get past the rings and get carbon into the oil. This is normal and controlled by the PCV valve.Wha is blow over when it pertains to the darkening of motor oil?
Never heard the term blow over! perhaps you mean blow by? Blow by happens in all engines and is caused by combustion gas escaping from the cylinders into the crankcase through the piston rings( blowing by the rings, get it?) and only becomes a problem when excessive, which would indicate bad piston rings. A compression test will tell you if you have excessive blow by.
added carbon to the motor oil (making it black)... All engines do this and it is absolutely normal...it is dangerous (rings are going) when there is blue smoke comming from exaust

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