Dropping the oil pan

[hookliftpete]

Sounds good on the oil change at 3k miles. Will this help with residual soot/gunk residing in the engine? Afterward, resuming 10k changes, assuming no engine problems, I should see a lower soot level in general?

Also, in the 10k miles before this oil change, I had added about 2 quarts to the coolant to bring it up in the middle of the eyeball. By the time I took the sample, it was back below the eyeball. Oil sample did not contain any coolant, as per the lab tech.

Is there somewhere that I can be losing it that it's not going into the engine?

I replaced the coolant cap about 5 or 6k ago, as the old one had a bad seal.