[AT] Black oil after 8hrs in new engine

[DDSS]

Brand new engine, the oil change that I just now did is at 8.1 hours.

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From: Mike
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 6:30 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Black oil after 8hrs in new engine

Dick, how many hours on the original oil? Maybe it was break in oil? I
have a 18HP Kohler and the oil still is clean after about 50 hrs.

Mike M

On 8/9/2014 2:40 PM, DDSS wrote:
> I just did the first oil change on a new Briggs 20hp engine. The oil was
> blacker than any oil I have ever seen.  I checked the air filter and other
> than some dust, it looked fine.  Although they don’t call for an oil 
> filter
> change, I replaced it as well.
>
> Has anyone ever seen this before?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dick
>
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