Flakes in oil after Cam swap
02-11-2019, 02:43 PM
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Flakes in oil after Cam swap last year I bought a 99 ls1 f body with 68k. I put about 3k miles on it and changed the oil once . Can’t remember exactly but I didn’t notice anything wrong with the oil. A few months ago I put a tsp cam kit in the car . It sat for awhile and only got driven 100 miles so I just changed the oil. The oil is flakey and flakes were on the drain plug . Small flakes in the filter as well no pieces anywhere . Oil pressure is also perfect . I’m gonna change the oil in another 100 miles and see what it’s like . Should I be concerned about this ??
02-11-2019, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Che70velle 
Yessir. Metal flakes in the oil are never a good thing. Are the flakes in the filter magnetic, or no?
Originally Posted by 00pooterSS
Post a picture if you can
02-11-2019, 07:10 PM
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if you have an LED flashlight,, hold it by the camera pointed from about a 45 degree angle to the oil, I find for engine pics a steady light source works better than letting the camera flash do its thing..
02-12-2019, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
Remove the valley cover and get a look at the cam lobes to check for abnormal wear.
Originally Posted by 00pooterSS
That's really small flakes. I'd also be curious about the cam lobes
Originally Posted by RockinWs6
Before you do anything see what they are? Metallic or copper etc. will give you some idea whats going on. I had a piston shredding aluminum into the oil looked just like this so you never know.
