How quickly does engine oil get dark

mdkuni

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Last service I had at the dealer I had the bearing behind the primary replaced. This caused some oil loss so they did an oil change. At the beginning of this season I inspected the oil. It had about 30-40min of run time on it since the oil change. It looked awful dark, so I drained it. See pic. Does the oil get dark that fast or is it likely the oil was not changed?
 

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Good oil will get dark. It is the high quality additives or detergents that clean the engine.
 
That's pretty dark for that short of a run time in my opinion. I had over 1000km's on my oil last year and don't remember it being that dark at all. I bet they forgot to change the oil. Just my opinion though....I would have drained it too!
 


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