raptoranderson
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- Sep 24, 2015
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Graham,
North_Carolina
So I just got the car back from the garage after they changed the oil gasket, oil filter and replaced the broken motor mount and they told me about the metal shavings they found in the oil. I went in to inspect the oil sample they had taken and the mechanic showed me pictures of the metal flakes in the oil pan, in the oil filter and in the oil itself and boy, he wasn't kidding: these were actual FLAKES of metal. Not just small specs or particles of metal, but actual flakes that you could pick up between thumb and forefinger.
5,500 miles ago the engine was ported, polished, machined and bored-out and clearly the previous owner hadn't done a good job of cleaning out the engine as some of the pieces of metal were clearly shavings from the machine work. But the other pieces are actual flakes, which I wouldn't have thought a dremmel or mill would produce. The flakes are not uniform and are not clean and seem as though they've come off a bearing as the metal is very malleable (bendy, flexible and easy to shape without breaking). What do you guys make of it? Is it a bad bearing or is it just leftover from the machining job? I'm sending in the oil sample to get tested but I know that the people here on DSMTuners are also a good source of first-hand experiences and knowledge, so I also wanted some other opinions of what the situation is here.
5,500 miles ago the engine was ported, polished, machined and bored-out and clearly the previous owner hadn't done a good job of cleaning out the engine as some of the pieces of metal were clearly shavings from the machine work. But the other pieces are actual flakes, which I wouldn't have thought a dremmel or mill would produce. The flakes are not uniform and are not clean and seem as though they've come off a bearing as the metal is very malleable (bendy, flexible and easy to shape without breaking). What do you guys make of it? Is it a bad bearing or is it just leftover from the machining job? I'm sending in the oil sample to get tested but I know that the people here on DSMTuners are also a good source of first-hand experiences and knowledge, so I also wanted some other opinions of what the situation is here.