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YOUR RESEARCHshiny bits found. Should I be concerned?
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The filter and oil had never been changed after the repair.
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The car had a Ims bearing replaced then drove 1k miles then stored in 2013.
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I would rate that a solid "change the filter again in a month and check for more debris."
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I would rate that a solid "change the filter again in a month and check for more debris."
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Note that you can change the filter element on the 996 without changing the oil; you'll lose less than a quart instead of the full 9 quarts.
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I have found about 6 shiny bits/shavings of non-ferrous metal on the outside of my oil filter. Need I be concerned?
I am pretty sure it was the outside as the oil flows from the outside to in correct?
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Correct. Flows from the outside in. I changed my oil this past weekend and found at least 4 small flakes of what appeared to be aluminum. They varied in size, but the biggest was about one mm across. I am not worried about it. I found a few dozen small bits of plastic that are most likely from the chain guides. I am more worried about those. I will change the plastic pads when I do the IMSB in a few months.
We found some shiny bits also, car is in the shop for a tentioner repair and to investigators of the shiny bits are called into action, O Boy. I hope it's residual from the ims failure in 2013
^^^I would hope there was not any debris left from an IMSB failure in 2013. If there is, it's likely that it's done a whole lot of damage of it's own in the meantime. You should be doing oil analysis and looking for signs of bearing damage (copper/lead etc...)
Without knowing the size of the parts, it's tough to advise. If these are the tiny, less than 1mm foil-like sparkly bits, each of us has done an oil change with a few of those. It's when your filter starts to look like a Christmas ornament that you know you've waited too long and now your pooch is good and truly screwed.
Yes. If they are aluminum, they can be leftover milling debris from the original machining. If they are ferrous/magnetic, the material is being shed from a part IN the engine, not the case. Any collection of ferrous material larger than the magnetic "sludge" you normally find in tiny amounts on your magnetic oil drain plug is cause for further attention, if not alarm.
Incidentally, the correct filter and spin-on adapter can ensure that ALL of those little flecks stay on the dirty side of the filter. It's not fun to imagine where a little metal bit like that might find its way if allowed to roam freely.
Here's what an "OH MY GOD, FORGET EVERYTHING I'VE EVER SAID AND CALL RABY" oil filter looks like:
And the world-famous IMS glitter money shot:
I would rate that a solid "change the filter again in a month and check for more debris."
Note that you can change the filter element on the 996 without changing the oil; you'll lose less than a quart instead of the full 9 quarts.
A single aluminum shaving getting chewed up by the oil pump will produce at least that many of the sparkly flecks, and in this case, the flecks were stuck in the filter - so everything worked the way it was supposed to.
The car had a Ims bearing replaced then drove 1k miles then stored in 2013. The filter and oil had never been changed after the repair. I found a couple aluminum bits in filter, nothing in the oil
Those are worst-case (well, bad-case. Worst-case is when daylight goes through the engine, right)...ANY amount of metal beyond the very occasional specklet(tm) or two of aluminum is enough to certainly watch carefully...
Here's a great thread where I got my sig file image from....
I was all worried when I found these particles (they ended being non metallic):
Then I showed how I looked at it under my 20x microscope:
And 5CHN3LL put this together for me:
I'd like to introduce y'all to my new buddy, Mike Rowskop. He's a Porsche enthusiast, but a little concerned about some recent oil change results...
I've now looked closely at my Audi S8 and my son's 2010 Mini Cooper S8 filters and I find basically the same things in them. Pretty normal.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...in-filter.html
