I pour glitter in his oil every now and then
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| Author: | celer [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Why there is metal in your and my oil (I think) |
So I got this 117k Liberty CRD with bad rockers and a bad turbo for cheap. Put new rockers and a new turbo on it, and it has been running great for about 15k miles. But every time I check the dip stick there are flecks of metal on the dip stick. Small enough where you can see them glisten on the blue shop towels I use, but never very big. I finally had enough and started cutting open filters and what not. I expected there to be some metal in the oil from the failed rockers, but I didn't expect that EVERY time I check the oil there'd be metal on the paper towel. I checked the metal and it was ferrous. So I decided to do a 700 mile oil change after putting in a magnetic drain plug (I JB welded a magnet to the factory plug). To my surprise there wasn't much metal on the drain plug. So I drained the oil into a clean pan and ran a magnet around in the old oil - nothing. So then I filtered the old oil through coffee filters - pretty much nothing showed up. So I cut the filter open - one spec of metal. So I filled it up with new oil and checked the level - there metal on the dip stick again! GRRR It occurred to me the the spring for the dip stick must be cutting into dip stick tube - I see wear here and this would explain why there are always metal flakes on the dip stick! Thoughts? |
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| Author: | flman [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why there is metal in your and my oil (I think) |
Sounds like you nailed it, the dipstick is flaking. |
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| Author: | usa591 [ Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why there is metal in your and my oil (I think) |
I appreciate your analytics. Thanks for the report. |
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| Author: | RockyMountainYote [ Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why there is metal in your and my oil (I think) |
I pour glitter in his oil every now and then
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| Author: | yakers [ Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why there is metal in your and my oil (I think) |
Maybe want to do an oil analysis and see how much suspended minerals and other elements are in the oil. |
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