What you`ll find under the bonnet (2.2TD) 1992

[michaelalbert]

I've just had my local garage do an oil and filter change (though about doing it myself but didn't want to do something wrong - wasn't sure how hard it is to get underneath and find the sump plug) I have just driven half a mile home and looked at the dipstick where the oil is still black. the guy in the garage seems genuine and is a member of 'the good garage scheme'. Is this normal in the lucida for the oil to be black even after a change or do you think he is pulling a fast one? If he hasn't changed the oil and I drive for another 5,000km what damage could it do? I should have waited for Bob to do the work but panicked because the light was on and have a 500 mile round journey to liverpool this weekend to get some hydrogen cells fitted and meet my new niece!

[Vorenus]

What you are seeing is normal. When you put new clean oil in its goes black the second you run the engine. But I suppose looking at it from another perspective it would make it hard to tell if it has or has not been changed.

[michaelalbert]

Thanks - that's all i needed to hear, he did seem a genuine guy. Just that my previous car was a Citroen Picasso with a modern engine and the oil stayed clean for several hundred miles so wasn't expecting black oil.

Now i can relax and get those Hydrogen cells fitted - will feedback on how they perfom - that's if the engine doesn't blow up on my way home!!

[8ballshark]

omg your car is so cool wish mine looked like that