Changed the oil and found something werid.
10-28-2006, 02:00 PM
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Changed the oil and found something werid. I am in the process of getting my car ready for storage, so I changed the oil today. When I got the plug out I noticed some sludge on the end of the plug. I wiped it off and it is a dark silver in color. What could it be? Oil pressure is good 40 psi at idle when warm. Car has 70 K miles on it. I hope something is not starting to fail inside somewhere.
10-28-2006, 03:10 PM
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I am using Mobil 1 5W-30. It was a little over 5 K when i changed it 
Its not making any werid noises, except the imfamous piston slap when cold.
Its not making any werid noises, except the imfamous piston slap when cold.
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Now that I think about it, When I first bought the car 2 years ago; I changed the oil. When I pulled the plug out and found some grey sludge on it at 40K Miles. I have since changed over to synethic, and was pondering if It was cleaning the motor out; since dino oil was used since it was new. I dont know hoping for the best I guess. I will have to get an oil analysis, when I bring the car back out this spring.
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10-29-2006, 07:07 AM
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if its just a tiny bit, nothing to worry about. Ive had a little bit of silver stuck to the magnet every oil change since the car was new.
10-29-2006, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
That's pretty much the case. The bearing material isn't ferrous metal and so doesn't stick to a magnet. The cylinder sleeves, cam and lifters, timing chain and gears, oil pump, crankshaft journals etc. are all areas of potential friction and to have a little bit of metal "powder" on the drain plug is not unusual. An oil analysis from time is a good thing but if you have good pressure and don't hear any unusual noises you're probably just fine.
Thats good to hear
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Originally Posted by DaddySS
That's pretty much the case. The bearing material isn't ferrous metal and so doesn't stick to a magnet. The cylinder sleeves, cam and lifters, timing chain and gears, oil pump, crankshaft journals etc. are all areas of potential friction and to have a little bit of metal "powder" on the drain plug is not unusual. An oil analysis from time is a good thing but if you have good pressure and don't hear any unusual noises you're probably just fine.