Do you inspect your oil filter?
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Do you inspect your oil filter?
I'd like to think I'm above the paranoia the envelops much of the 996 community but seeing how I'm also on my original IMSB I must plead guilty. Just did an oil and filter change on my 2002 Targa after a short 3,400 miles but a fairly longish 8 months. I'm pleased to report after unraveling my oil filter outside in the bright sunlight where any traces of metal would shine brightly, nothing, nada not a trace.
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I do religiously inspect my filter, after track days I find 5 or 6 microscopic 2mm long less than hair thick aluminum shaving but that's about it. I would say that I would not even have seen them if the paranoia on the forum was not so strong.
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Yes, I've had my 4S for less than 2 months and am still in ultra-conservative/paranoid mode so I did an early oil change and checked the filter. At 87k it still has the original IMSB. I decided to replace the filter housing and installed a magnetic drain plug for good measure.
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Yes, I've had my 4S for less than 2 months and am still in ultra-conservative/paranoid mode so I did an early oil change and checked the filter. At 87k it still has the original IMSB. I decided to replace the filter housing and installed a magnetic drain plug for good measure.
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I just opened up a napa Wix filter for the first time since going with the LN adapter. Had a filter mag on it as well. Absolutely nothing there plus only used a third liter of oil in 2300 miles which included 3 track days.
Waiting for the OA now, hope the warm/fuzzy feeling continues (you gotta love changing the filter too, it's just so much easier)
Waiting for the OA now, hope the warm/fuzzy feeling continues (you gotta love changing the filter too, it's just so much easier)
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For the last 5-6 oil changes I have religiously checked the oil filter and had an oil analysis performed but in the last six months I replaced the bearing (it was perfect!) while doing a clutch job so I'll probably not do either going forward.
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I cut the filter open and inspect at each oil change and have found no specs of plastic or metal and at 67k miles, still with original IMSB. I'm due to do an oil and filter change this month so I'll share my results.
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Look at my Hengst filter on every annual change - clean. Put in LN mag plug - a little dirt but nothing bad. UOAs look fine. I also replaced IMS after RMS leak - old one came out at 63K perfect . ~5K changes on Mobil 1.
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