"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall)
02/29/2016 at 21:10 • Filed to: None
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"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall)
02/29/2016 at 21:10 • Filed to: None | 0
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Went to change my oil today, and after I poured out the oil, I came across these small specks. They look like specks of metal but they break apart using my fingers so I’m not sure if it’s part of the rod bearings or crank. Also theyre not magnetic. I changed the oil back in September and saw the same thing but decided to drive it a bit and see if the engine blew up. It never did, but I’m still seeing these weird chunks of what appears to be rocks. Car is a 93 945t
PanchoVilleneuve ST
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 21:12 |
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What do they taste like.
Jdrentarol
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 21:14 |
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DON”T TASTE THEM
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Jdrentarol
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 21:14 |
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Fuck, man. You have metal in your oil? No good.... it means something is going very bad very quick. Look it up.
Brickman
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 21:20 |
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Send the oil to an oil analysis lab?
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 21:22 |
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Do they crumble easily? Might just be billions of pieces of degraded gasket. Had that in my wife’s old car and it was quite alarming every time.
BigBlock440
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 22:12 |
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Carbon build up maybe. Did you switch to a high detergent oil or from conventional to synthetic?
wafflesnfalafel
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 22:17 |
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they look lighter colored in the pic, (or is that just glare?)
deekster_caddy
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 22:42 |
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Change your oil again in a week and see if it’s there still. Also, sending a sample to oil analysis would be useful. Metal pieces wouldn't crumble in your fingers, so I like the head gasket theory Z mentioned
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 23:14 |
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any way to wipe with a paper towel to get any oil off? my neighbor had his timing chain slowly go and kept tearing bits of the plastic guides off.
depending on difficulty: maybe drop the pan to see if there is more crap at the bottom?
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Niquemarshall
02/29/2016 at 23:15 |
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Carbon would be my guess. I would add a 1/2qt of ATF and change oil again in another month, then refill with another 1/2qt of ATF. That stuff is excellent for cleaning cheap out of engines, and not damaging things.
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Niquemarshall
> wafflesnfalafel
03/01/2016 at 09:13 |
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Yes they’re like light gray
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Niquemarshall
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
03/01/2016 at 09:14 |
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Oil
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Niquemarshall
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/01/2016 at 09:16 |
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They do but not easily
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Niquemarshall
> BigBlock440
03/01/2016 at 09:17 |
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Yes
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BigBlock440
> Niquemarshall
03/01/2016 at 09:34 |
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I had similar looking things in my drain pan when I started with synthetic, non-magnetic and crumbled, probably 5-10 oil changes. I was driving a lot so that was only 6 months to a year. They have since stopped and I’ve put 80k on it so I don’t think it was a problem. I suspect it was the new oil cleaning out all the carbon deposits the older stuff left, but I never sent it for an analysis or anything.
Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Niquemarshall
04/15/2016 at 10:20 |
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Clumps of the zinc they used to put in the oil till recently? maybe not soluble in synthetic? leaching back out of the metal and going to bottom of pan? I’ve seen this too, or something like it, wasn’t metal filings, wasn’t a car I was concerned about, and I saw the car around the neighborhood for years afterward. I don’t know, but it got me thinking.