metal flakes in oil filter 2014 981S
10-22-2018, 12:33 AM
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metal flakes in oil filter 2014 981S
Just changed the oil at a little over 17,000 miles. Had right at 4,000 miles on the car since last change of the normal mobile 1 0-40. Car has ran just fine, but noticed two flakes of metal in the oil filter. One very very small and the other was the size of the tip of a ball point pen. The bigger piece was magnetic. Over the last 4,000 miles I have not had to add any oil, and I daily drive the car, but always make sure it is warmed up before driving it hard. Anyone have any insight? Oil was contaminated with my oil pans residue so cannot get this oil analyzed. Maybe I’m paranoid, but would hate to have serious motor issues being out of warranty.
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10-22-2018, 09:57 AM
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The common suggestion is to drop the oil pan to see if anything is lurking in there that didn't make its way out of the motor during the change. That, and borescope if there is any suspicion of bore scoring or other damage.
10-22-2018, 05:46 PM
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Drive it to the ghetto and leave it parked with the keys in it, before it's too late
10-22-2018, 06:40 PM
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Get a sample on your next oil change and send it out for an analysis. That will help compare your cars engine health against other samples for the same engine. If there’s anything that looks out of place it will come up in the analysis.
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10-23-2018, 08:26 PM
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Install a magnetic drain plug from LN Engineering and use only Porsche OEM seal washers with it because others will leak due to different yield strength of some of the aftermarket aluminum seal rings. Trust me on the OEM seal rings. You will torque to only 19 lb-ft. per directions from LN Engineering. It won't leak with OEM metal seal rings or with seal rings from LN.
Do oil analysis with every drain. Can save you big $$ by catching serious problems early.
I wouldn't worry about the metal flakes you found. If you really want to worry, cut both ends off of your oil filter element and expand the entire paper element for inspection under a bright light. I do it at each oil change. You can pay some oil analysis vendors to analyze your used oil filter paper, but it's not cheap. I don't bother, just compare each filter to the previous one starting with the very first one when my car was new. And use a high quality fuel injector cleaner at least once each during each oil change interval. Direct injectors need help staying clean and need projection from contaminants and/or alcohol in pump gas.
Do oil analysis with every drain. Can save you big $$ by catching serious problems early.
I wouldn't worry about the metal flakes you found. If you really want to worry, cut both ends off of your oil filter element and expand the entire paper element for inspection under a bright light. I do it at each oil change. You can pay some oil analysis vendors to analyze your used oil filter paper, but it's not cheap. I don't bother, just compare each filter to the previous one starting with the very first one when my car was new. And use a high quality fuel injector cleaner at least once each during each oil change interval. Direct injectors need help staying clean and need projection from contaminants and/or alcohol in pump gas.
