Soot = Carbon
Carbon = Lubricant
so
Soot = lubricant
F-soot is 100% ok as long as it doesn't exceed the oil makers requirements.
This is an oil thread in disguise.
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On 4/16/2010 9:20 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I dunno if its true but I could believe it. The black is supposed to be soot
and the TP filter is supposed to remove soot...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:35:57 -0400
From: Allan Streib<str...@cs.indiana.edu>
To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ed's new ride, was 240D Transmission issue, now
cleaningcrud from tanks
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Curt Raymond<curtlud...@yahoo.com> writes:
Black oil is normal, it'll ALWAYS be like that. 2 seconds after you
put in fresh honey colored oil it'll be black as night, nothing to
worry about.
IIRC, a long time ago there was someone on the list who had a
toilet-paper bypass filter and he claimed his oil was not black.
Allan
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