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First oil change- why is oil greenish in color?

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What comes out of many "newborns" is green. Maybe NEW BORN oil is what they use at the factory!!
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Green oil dye is in there to detect leaks at the factory or in early service, if they suspect they could be misaligning the pan gasket and/or not torquing the pan bolts down correctly (Quality Checks).

If you want to continue the green dye idea at your first oil change, you can get LiquiMoly 5w-30 (ecoboost) or 0w-20 (hybrid) that already has the dye in it.
P001757-Molygen New Generation SAE 5W-30-76-en (liqui-moly.de)

or they sell a shot of dye separately for use with any motor oil:
https://www.amazon.com/Interdynamics-Certified-Fuel-Systems-Ounce/dp/B002M4G24U/
 

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My oils are always green.
 

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Ford Boss Me channel on YouTube has warned people numerous times that the 10K guideline from Ford, especially EcoBoost will result in oil contamination from gas. He recommends no more than 5K. Especially in anything in the 2.0 L or below. He thinks, based on working on Fords and actually sending oil to testing labs, that the guidance is faulty.
 

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Years ago when I was young and did my own oil changes, one brand of oil was greenish olive in color. I don't remember if it was quaker state or pennzoil. Totally normal and not a special break in oil.
Back in the dayin the UK Duckhams oil used to be green - was also the best oil
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