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If your engine oil turns black soon after an oil change, don’t worry. It means that your oil is doing a good job by cleaning your engine and keeping the dirt particles in suspension. Oil also goes black through oxidation – when oxygen in the air reacts with the oil to produce the sticky black carbon sludge particles that coat engine parts.
