small pieces of aluminum in oil
07-23-2018, 11:53 AM
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small pieces of aluminum in oil
after draining the oil I found very small pieces of (what looks like) aluminum, the pieces are
very small, like coffee drab. What can be the problem ?
very small, like coffee drab. What can be the problem ?
07-23-2018, 12:13 PM
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Picture? Sounds like that's not so good. That said- it could be many things. "If" all is good w the bearings and it's not steel, it'll hopefully just be magnesium from your deteriorating oem original valve covers.
If it were me- I'd flat bed the car to a real Porsche engine shop - and have them access. Find someone good that you can trust, who will care enough to really access the issue.
I say this- and yet when i found a steel set screw in my oil, i drove the car to the shop. Lol. In fact, i actually drive it for a few days before doing that...but then again, somehow i just figure it'll get rebuilt again someday...
If it were me- I'd flat bed the car to a real Porsche engine shop - and have them access. Find someone good that you can trust, who will care enough to really access the issue.
I say this- and yet when i found a steel set screw in my oil, i drove the car to the shop. Lol. In fact, i actually drive it for a few days before doing that...but then again, somehow i just figure it'll get rebuilt again someday...
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07-25-2018, 10:59 AM
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Once they have circulated through the motor. Or "if" they have been able to circulate through the motor. The damage that can be done prior to being caught in the filter is disastrous.
07-28-2018, 02:09 PM
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Particles in oil
just mounted a new filter and examined the old (just 3 months) filter, the oil left in the filter is conpletely clean, no metal or other
particles in it, I am stumped....
particles in it, I am stumped....
07-29-2018, 08:43 PM
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rarebear, take a look at my thread here. TLDR: Took my filter apart and found specs that look like metal. Had oil analysis done, everything fine. Could have been flaking paint from valve covers.
One common Porsche owner syndrome is looking for anything that appears wrong with the car and then assuming what you find is caused by the most expensive failure possible. I have been down this road many times and always found it a dead end. The real cause of whatever appeared wrong was always much simpler and cheaper.
Good luck.
One common Porsche owner syndrome is looking for anything that appears wrong with the car and then assuming what you find is caused by the most expensive failure possible. I have been down this road many times and always found it a dead end. The real cause of whatever appeared wrong was always much simpler and cheaper.
Good luck.
08-03-2018, 12:03 PM
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Metal pieces in oil
Thank you so much ! I have the same syndrom...everytime I hear or think I hear a
strange noise or smell something funny,
I see big bills looming up....sofar it were all
simple to fix things (nothing is really simple on a 964 btw) but I always got a very satisfied feeling if I pulled it off !
yesterday I smelled something like from the firing range and low and behold the right fan
in the dash was hot and did not turn anymore, it shreeked for years now and I have a new motor lying around in my shed,
but now I have to do this crueling job of getting the old one out and the new one in.
any advice on this exercise would be greatly
appreciated..
thanks from a bloody hot Holland !!!
global warming struck our neck of the woods
strange noise or smell something funny,
I see big bills looming up....sofar it were all
simple to fix things (nothing is really simple on a 964 btw) but I always got a very satisfied feeling if I pulled it off !
yesterday I smelled something like from the firing range and low and behold the right fan
in the dash was hot and did not turn anymore, it shreeked for years now and I have a new motor lying around in my shed,
but now I have to do this crueling job of getting the old one out and the new one in.
any advice on this exercise would be greatly
appreciated..
thanks from a bloody hot Holland !!!
global warming struck our neck of the woods
08-03-2018, 03:06 PM
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Thank you so much ! I have the same syndrom...everytime I hear or think I hear a
strange noise or smell something funny,
I see big bills looming up....sofar it were all
simple to fix things (nothing is really simple on a 964 btw) but I always got a very satisfied feeling if I pulled it off !
yesterday I smelled something like from the firing range and low and behold the right fan
in the dash was hot and did not turn anymore, it shreeked for years now and I have a new motor lying around in my shed,
but now I have to do this crueling job of getting the old one out and the new one in.
any advice on this exercise would be greatly
appreciated..
thanks from a bloody hot Holland !!!
global warming struck our neck of the woods
strange noise or smell something funny,
I see big bills looming up....sofar it were all
simple to fix things (nothing is really simple on a 964 btw) but I always got a very satisfied feeling if I pulled it off !
yesterday I smelled something like from the firing range and low and behold the right fan
in the dash was hot and did not turn anymore, it shreeked for years now and I have a new motor lying around in my shed,
but now I have to do this crueling job of getting the old one out and the new one in.
any advice on this exercise would be greatly
appreciated..
thanks from a bloody hot Holland !!!
global warming struck our neck of the woods