Just changed my oil for the first time after 5 years.

[reek]

my old D100 with a 318, caved in roof from a tree just got fresh oil for the first time in 5 years. It's my field truck, not road worthy. I'm typically neurotic about maintenance but I totally blanked on the poor truck until today when I came to the sudden realization of what I hadn't done!

I got out pretty much black water. replaced it with some Wally world synthetic and a Fram filter. surprisingly, the smoking on start up went away. And I think I actually heard the truck let out a big sigh of relief.

I guess posting this is my way of allaying my guilt.

 

[crazzywolfie]

if it was black and water i would guess there might have been some gas in it which was causing it to smoke. really doesn't take much gas in the oil to cause a engine to smoke more than it should. i know my brother in law recently learned that lesson with his snowblower. did an oil change on it and it went away. i learned that lesson years ago when i got my 81. someone plugged the gas tank vent and 1 hot summer day the fuel tank was under enough pressure that is started forcing gas through the carb and into the engine. nearly filled the block before i figured out what was going on. took a couple oil changes before i would stop smoking out the neighborhood but i think it helped clean out the engine block. had compression readings at 150-160 at the time and now have a pretty solid 170-180psi accross all cylinders.