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Why is oil black and why does oil look black

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Answer:While heat cycles cause oil to darken, soot causes oil to turn black

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Most people associate soot with diesel engines, but gasoline engines can produce soot as well, particularly modern gasoline-direct-injection engines. ... Any finer filtration and the filter could catch dissolved additives in the motor oil

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