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Old 12-02-2010, 04:27 PM   #1
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Dirty oil after 900 miles

Hi all, I tried to search for any previous thread regarding my question but couldn't find anything.

This is probably a very general question or maybe a "depends" question:

I got my oil changed less than 900 miles ago and the oil is very dirty. It's a very dark brown and I even remember checking it at about 700 miles and it was pretty much the same -- very very dark brown.

It's lost probably about a pint since the oil change. The engine has 113,300 miles on it and it smokes on a cold start up but only for about 10 seconds; it doesn't smoke while idling/running.

As always, thanks.
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