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faint blue swirl in oil

ovlov760

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Jun 2, 2003
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Midwest - IL
This is my first oil change since dumping mobil 1 semi-synth in the car. When I looked at my old oil in the container I noticed a very faint blue hazy swirl type of stuff in it. I could only see it in the oil if I got directly into sunlight and looked right into it. I've never seen such a thing in my old dino oil?? Is this normal semi-synth? BTW I have no experience with semi-synth or synth. There shouldn't have been any moisture in the container before the oil change.. might have been dried up simple green though. The blue stuff isn't rainbowish. I have dumped engine restore in my oil before and it is blue.. is it possibly the mobil 1 cleaned up some of it? I'm just worried that it might be coolant or something... i'm always paranoid and silly about head gasket probs. Any ideas?
 
I think i've figured out what it was. Week or 2 before my change to mobil 1 semi-synth I had dumped a can of engine restore in the car. Engine restore is blue so I am betting thats engine restore gunk i'm looking at. It would be more visible because semi-synth is not as dark as dino. Just my guess.
 
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