**Ultra small metallic color stuff in my oil**
06-19-2007, 10:27 PM
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**Ultra small metallic color stuff in my oil** Today I noticed there is SUPER fine metal particles in the oil, almost like dust. The magnet wouldnt even touch them they were so small. Is this normal after a cam swap? Maybe just the cam breaking in? I dont know. And its only when I change the oil. Meaning when I check the dipstick the oil looks clean.
The car runs hard as hell, and there is no knocking at all.
The car runs hard as hell, and there is no knocking at all.
06-19-2007, 11:24 PM
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if they are that small and still metallic colored, my instincts say aluminum...aluminum is one of the few metals that still retains a silvery metallic reflectance when reduced to very small shavings - even in a powdered form. i'm not sure if that narrows it down at all...there's a lot of aluminum in the ls1
06-20-2007, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by mr. Jones
did you install a double roller timing chain?
I figured it had to be bad, and what really sucks is its my daily car, and dont have a place to pull engine or money to rebuild...man I have the best luck possible sometimes.
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06-20-2007, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by OldSchoolFormula
moly lube? That will make a pearly/metallic look to the oil.
Its weird because you cant see the any metal in the oil, its just when the light hits the oil it lights up like a christmas tree. And nothing on the drain plug at all.
