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Inspect plug at first i thought oh great its

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I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil.

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Clean but

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I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil.

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Leading evidence: 'Inspect plug at first i thought oh great its' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean but' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace oil and this is what you get

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Normal as said, just changed my oil and this is what you get with half of the oil/paste wiped away.

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Run magnet over it as well

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is this normal the oil filter is clean and i ran a magnet over it as well.

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Clean but

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Suggestion · Original poster

I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil.

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Clean but

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Suggestion · Original poster

I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil.

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Inspect plug at first i thought oh great its

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil.

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Replace oil and this is what you get

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Normal as said, just changed my oil and this is what you get with half of the oil/paste wiped away.

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Run magnet over it as well

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

is this normal the oil filter is clean and i ran a magnet over it as well.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

HI fellows, I recently fitted a magnetic sump plug about 250 miles ago, the car has done 111k and never had a magnetic plug up until now. I dropped the oil and inspected the plug at first i thought oh great its clean but on further inspection it had like a very fine coating of what i describe as a kind of metalic grease under the oil. sorry no pics as i wiped it. is this normal the oil filter is clean and i ran a magnet over it as well.

POST 2Original post

I would say that's normal if it's the first time with a magnetic plug. There will have been some metal particles in the bottom of the sump that the filter has never seen.

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Normal as said, just changed my oil and this is what you get with half of the oil/paste wiped away. Better there than flowing around your engine.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks a lot for the replies chaps. much appreciated, looks like im good to go ye haaa! :thumbs:

POST 6Original post

Rather than start a new thread I thought I'd update this one to ask if a 996 sump plug is the same as a 986, ie M18/150? Thanks! :thumb:

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