Vented catch can fluid looks like cherry koolaid
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Vented catch can fluid looks like cherry koolaid
But does not taste like cherry koolaid. Really though, any ideas on why? Smells oily, 100% sure it has nothing to do with ps fluid, I'm 6mt so no trans fluid other than the dexVI in my power steering.
I use actual German castol 0w30, maybe the byproducts involved are more red with GC oil?
I have an 06 revup with no OC issues either. This is very weird to me haha. Any ideas on the reason for this bright red condensate?
I use actual German castol 0w30, maybe the byproducts involved are more red with GC oil?
I have an 06 revup with no OC issues either. This is very weird to me haha. Any ideas on the reason for this bright red condensate?
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Is yours vented though?
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Nope, I think there's a single plate inside for baffling. No wool though. Also it's actually really light, I just pulled it off again to check the fluid today and it's lighter than I remember lol. Didn't have a magnet around to test for sure though.
Shouldn't be oxidation causing the red coloring though.
Shouldn't be oxidation causing the red coloring though.
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Nope. Edmonton, our winter is dry and shitty and our summer is not warm enough (at least yet.. still snows sometimes lol) for any humid weather.
And I have no cold air intake sitting low, I was switching between the stock g35 revup airbox and the 350z revup box. the Z box is definitely not gonna suck up water, the G box might take a little rain through the hood but I doubt it would get past the filter anyway.
I can assure you it doesn't taste nearly as delicious
And I have no cold air intake sitting low, I was switching between the stock g35 revup airbox and the 350z revup box. the Z box is definitely not gonna suck up water, the G box might take a little rain through the hood but I doubt it would get past the filter anyway.
I can assure you it doesn't taste nearly as delicious
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I swapped to 0w40 GC though which is kind of a shitty test assuming they use similar additives, but we'll see in a couple weeks!
Haha I will definitely keep this updated over the next couple months as I try things out!
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I can assure you it's not a prank. My car has a multi stage alarm, no one in my house knows anything about cars, and I have no enemies that have access to the engine bay lol. I do my own work so it's not a mechanic/tech problem. I'm pretty convinced it's the oil I use and if it turns red again, I'll swap to rotella or something dramatically different to confirm.
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I am serious though, you can't even walk up to my car without a warning chirp. 3 feet proximity warning, reach in full alarm, shock sensor and full alarm if you're close enough (leaning on in without shock sensor activation).
My car is not tampered with evar
My car is not tampered with evar