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Old 04-24-2011, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
I've always assumed most of the black came from the oil trapped in the oil cooler. Are you sure you didn't drain the cooler with this method?
My two 240Ds w/o oil coolers still have black oil after a few miles. Even after a complete rebuild it didn't take long before the oil was black in the one 616
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