Ok for those of you around here who have been running BD for a while and know how things go round and round
Been looking over the Engine Oil threads around the place and it started me thinking.
So I decided I would check my 05 Rodeo which is a Izuzu Engine. I decided I would lift the cap with the engine running and looked at the oil and the blowby. Now I know there will always be some blowby there is nothing really that can be done about it but what is normal? Now that got me thinking I can only come to the conclusion that Normal is different for every engine manurfactur and type.
So it got me thinking What is the correct amount of Blowby on my Rodeo. I never did check when it was new 12 months ago so I am not sure what it would have been, but at the moment it is about a normal type breath out preasure. I do remember a few years ago I have a Gemni which also had a Izuzu engine and 200000km's on the clock and it would almost blow the cap of if you unscrewed it. This current one won't even move the cap when you unscrew it so that must be a good sign
So what is an OK blowby for this type of engine with 50,000Km on the clock anyway have any ideas?
Also something that in the process now has me thinking. I run the engine on the 10,000Km Oil change routine that Holden say for changes. I see that BD differs from dinodiesel that it will not evap from the oil like dino does. SO I check to see what my oil was like as it is near it's oilchange at the moment and it is not what I would have expected at all which is really very dishearting at this point. The oil appeared to have about the same consistancy as when it was poured in at the last oil change. Normally I don't look just take it to the Mech and get the service done being a new car and all still under warantry. I thought this is really strange as usally the diesel oil thins out of the period to just before the oil change when I have seen it like water in some case's in consistancy. But this was not. Now this is a concern at this point. I will be putting the car in for an oil change and service in the next 24 hours to get new oil in it. I will also from the looks of it be reducing my oilchanges down from the recomended 10,000km to 5,000km to see what is happening.
Now I am wondering if the driving conditions that it is used at could also contribute to this type of oil condition?
I live 44Km from were I drive to generally every day and al but about 3km of that is Hwy driving, I drive with fuel econmy in mind running the engine at or around 2000rpm's 95% of the driving time. It is an automatic so this is fairly easy. I am wondering if the constant rate of rpm's and long trips with zero load might be adding to the way the oil it comming out? I do remember in the past when I had the gemini I used to thrash it all the time and drive it like any normal care and did not care about econmy at all and this is when at oil changes the oil looked like water. So I am wondering if this could also be a cause?
Anyone who knows more than I have a clue as to what is going on etc etc etc?
This is more and information fishing trip than anything and I am sure it will help others to learn as it does me
My Grandmother always said, till she passed, The day you stop learning is the day they put you 6' under. And to this day I still belive this
Been looking over the Engine Oil threads around the place and it started me thinking.
So I decided I would check my 05 Rodeo which is a Izuzu Engine. I decided I would lift the cap with the engine running and looked at the oil and the blowby. Now I know there will always be some blowby there is nothing really that can be done about it but what is normal? Now that got me thinking I can only come to the conclusion that Normal is different for every engine manurfactur and type.
So it got me thinking What is the correct amount of Blowby on my Rodeo. I never did check when it was new 12 months ago so I am not sure what it would have been, but at the moment it is about a normal type breath out preasure. I do remember a few years ago I have a Gemni which also had a Izuzu engine and 200000km's on the clock and it would almost blow the cap of if you unscrewed it. This current one won't even move the cap when you unscrew it so that must be a good sign
So what is an OK blowby for this type of engine with 50,000Km on the clock anyway have any ideas?
Also something that in the process now has me thinking. I run the engine on the 10,000Km Oil change routine that Holden say for changes. I see that BD differs from dinodiesel that it will not evap from the oil like dino does. SO I check to see what my oil was like as it is near it's oilchange at the moment and it is not what I would have expected at all which is really very dishearting at this point. The oil appeared to have about the same consistancy as when it was poured in at the last oil change. Normally I don't look just take it to the Mech and get the service done being a new car and all still under warantry. I thought this is really strange as usally the diesel oil thins out of the period to just before the oil change when I have seen it like water in some case's in consistancy. But this was not. Now this is a concern at this point. I will be putting the car in for an oil change and service in the next 24 hours to get new oil in it. I will also from the looks of it be reducing my oilchanges down from the recomended 10,000km to 5,000km to see what is happening.
Now I am wondering if the driving conditions that it is used at could also contribute to this type of oil condition?
I live 44Km from were I drive to generally every day and al but about 3km of that is Hwy driving, I drive with fuel econmy in mind running the engine at or around 2000rpm's 95% of the driving time. It is an automatic so this is fairly easy. I am wondering if the constant rate of rpm's and long trips with zero load might be adding to the way the oil it comming out? I do remember in the past when I had the gemini I used to thrash it all the time and drive it like any normal care and did not care about econmy at all and this is when at oil changes the oil looked like water. So I am wondering if this could also be a cause?
Anyone who knows more than I have a clue as to what is going on etc etc etc?
This is more and information fishing trip than anything and I am sure it will help others to learn as it does me
My Grandmother always said, till she passed, The day you stop learning is the day they put you 6' under. And to this day I still belive this
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