Another oil filter debris thread
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Another oil filter debris thread
Just for the public's reference. This oil was 8 months old, only 2700 miles but a track day was included. I do regular UOA on this car and have gotten good reports. Nothing ferrous in the filter. The stuff on the magnetic drain plug is like a paste.
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Pontifex..You need to take the oil filter out and cut each end off it then open it up and check in between the veins. If you find anything at all, other than nothing at all, you need to decipher and make a decision from then. Nothing in it then you are good to go. Don't forget to put a new crush washer on the drain oil plug if you have changed the oil. You can change a filter without dropping the oil BTW. No need for all this crap about magnetic drain plugs. That will only catch metal and not plastic. Plastic and there's a chance that the seal of the IMS bearing is breaking apart but still no panic but you may want to consider an IMSB upgrade in the near future if you find any silvery looking specks inside the veins of the filter. Of course the silvery bits could be from other metal parts of the engine. Then its back to this forum and question time begins in earnest.
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I agree with Hurdi on this one.........
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that oil filter did its job. Something wrong there by the look at the debris. I would be very worried and would have stopped driving if I saw that on my filter. A good guess would be the IMSB plastic cover has gone and the ***** are wearing away. Next thing with be the death rattle and too late. Get that bearing upgrade right now.
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78k miles, it's a 40AE so it's closing in on 10 years now. Haven't removed the oil pan but it was on my list of things to do just for fun since I have access to a lift.
FPB, I am usually the least fear-mongering person, but that is a LOT of metal. I usually have 1-2 little non-ferrous flakes between the folds every 5 or 6 folds, but nothing that is visible without cutting the filter apart and looking for it. That filter is covered in bits. I can't believe I'm saying this but I would also say that it's time to tow that car somewhere to have the pan dropped and the oil flushed.
Also I just realized that I have access to a borescope; anything worth looking at that I could use the borescope for?
FPB, I am usually the least fear-mongering person, but that is a LOT of metal. I usually have 1-2 little non-ferrous flakes between the folds every 5 or 6 folds, but nothing that is visible without cutting the filter apart and looking for it. That filter is covered in bits. I can't believe I'm saying this but I would also say that it's time to tow that car somewhere to have the pan dropped and the oil flushed.
Also I just realized that I have access to a borescope; anything worth looking at that I could use the borescope for?