T/A Medic

iTrader: (1)

also where do i go for one...

and how much usually?

Reckless

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Drain you oil and look at it in the sunlight. Run a finger around in it and see if there are trails left behind in the metal glitter. If you hurt bearings, there will be fine metal in the oil, and possibly small chunks. Also cut the filter open and see if there is metal in there.

Scalpel

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It may, if you have excessive amounts of the bearing material or crank material in the oil sample it could indicated excessive bearing/crank wear, however, you'd have to be sure to know what the bearings/crank are made of to ascertain where the increased levels of the certain metals are coming from.

I send mine to http://www.blackstone-labs.com/

It's $18.25

Patman

If you see very high levels of lead in your report, that would indicate a lot of bearing material in the oil.

Smoke_Ford

If you pull the drain plug out and it looks like a metal furbee, then chances are you have spun a bearing...

T/A Medic

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i wasnt thinkin about spun bearing as much as just wear...

been having a lot of Oil pressure issues... once the motor and oil is hot i get 18 idle and low 40s wot... just want to see if im hurting anything.

Tim 98z

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I have had metal shavings show up on my drain plug for a long time. Dont know what it is but if i had spun a bearing i think i would know by now!?!??! What else could it be?

gillbot

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If it's on the drain plug then it's ferrous. Bearings usually are lead and shouldn't stick to the magnet.

If you can see the shavings then they are of a decent size and oil analysis is your best option for determining the metans and wear patterns.