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Spinnaker · 10-03-2010, 02:01 AM

Changed the oil today and using what I learned from you guys on this forum, I cut open the filter to examine it for particles and found this. The good news, no metal particles, the bad (?) news, it was full of these lime green bits of plastic material. Not being intimately familiar with the internals of the Boxster engine, I don't know what to make of them.
Can't be from the chain tensioners, they are black from what I have seen in pictures. I did find about 10 little black particles, but I figure that can be normal for an engine with as many miles on it that I have.
The green particles are not very hard, you can break them apart with fingernail pressure, so I don't think they are from a seal gone bad. A wild guess might be some sort of gasket sealer that broke loose inside the engine?
I tossed a speaker magnet into the drain pan full of oil to see it there were any ferrous particles in the oil, nothing.
My next plan is to change the filter again after a month of use and see if there are still green particles in it.
Here are the vital statistics:
2000 S, 106,650 miles
1 year since last oil change (about 5k)
5W-40 AMS oil European Formula

Soooo, any of the experts out there got an opinion?
Here's a pic of the filter/particles.

10-03-2010, 02:01 AM	#1
Spinnaker Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 735	Found this in the Oil Filter Changed the oil today and using what I learned from you guys on this forum, I cut open the filter to examine it for particles and found this. The good news, no metal particles, the bad (?) news, it was full of these lime green bits of plastic material. Not being intimately familiar with the internals of the Boxster engine, I don't know what to make of them. Can't be from the chain tensioners, they are black from what I have seen in pictures. I did find about 10 little black particles, but I figure that can be normal for an engine with as many miles on it that I have. The green particles are not very hard, you can break them apart with fingernail pressure, so I don't think they are from a seal gone bad. A wild guess might be some sort of gasket sealer that broke loose inside the engine? I tossed a speaker magnet into the drain pan full of oil to see it there were any ferrous particles in the oil, nothing. My next plan is to change the filter again after a month of use and see if there are still green particles in it. Here are the vital statistics: 2000 S, 106,650 miles 1 year since last oil change (about 5k) 5W-40 AMS oil European Formula Soooo, any of the experts out there got an opinion? Here's a pic of the filter/particles. Attached Images Last edited by Spinnaker; 10-03-2010 at 03:59 AM.