Re: The Truth About Toyota Engine Oil Sludge

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:50:55 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7eath.1140$ya1.876@news02.roc.ny...[color=green]
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:Obath.3900$o31.1305@trndny04...[color=darkred]
>>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:21:36 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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>>>> "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:TNZsh.149922$rv4.69454@edtnps90...
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>>>>><snipped> Okay, then. I bought my 99 Camry 6 cyl. in May, 99. I used
>>>>>regular oil until 24,000 kilometres then switched to synthetic. I have
>>>>>receipts from dealer showing that the oil was changed every 6,000
>>>>>KILOmetres. I don't *think* that I have any, uh, gelation, problems.
>>>>>How does one know, for sure, if their is any sludging..without taking
>>>>>the engine apart?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The only way to tell for sure is to remove one of the valve covers.
>>>
>>>
>>> And then look for what? I'll be yanking the valve covers on the Supra
>>> in the next 2-3 days...[/color]
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>>
>> I'll guess & see if I win something: Black stuff with the consistency of
>> almost-cured silicone sealer mixed with dust, built up in the corners &
>> edges of the cover, preventing normal oil circulation along the length
>> of the cover.[/color]
> Close enough. The black stuff will have the consistency of tar.[/color]


And then what?

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:50:55 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:7eath.1140$ya1.876@news02.roc.ny...[color=darkred]
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>>> news:Obath.3900$o31.1305@trndny04...
>>>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:21:36 -0600, Ray O wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:TNZsh.149922$rv4.69454@edtnps90...
>>>>>>
>>>>>><snipped> Okay, then. I bought my 99 Camry 6 cyl. in May, 99. I used
>>>>>>regular oil until 24,000 kilometres then switched to synthetic. I have
>>>>>>receipts from dealer showing that the oil was changed every 6,000
>>>>>>KILOmetres. I don't *think* that I have any, uh, gelation, problems.
>>>>>>How does one know, for sure, if their is any sludging..without taking
>>>>>>the engine apart?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> The only way to tell for sure is to remove one of the valve covers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And then look for what? I'll be yanking the valve covers on the Supra
>>>> in the next 2-3 days...
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll guess & see if I win something: Black stuff with the consistency of
>>> almost-cured silicone sealer mixed with dust, built up in the corners &
>>> edges of the cover, preventing normal oil circulation along the length
>>> of the cover.[/color]
>> Close enough. The black stuff will have the consistency of tar.[/color]
>
>
> And then what?[/color]

If there is black stuff the consistency of tar underneath your Supra's valve
cover, then, as we used to say in the car business...

You're f*#^+d

Lucky for you, that will not be the case. :-)
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Ray O
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