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Jake Raby · 06-07-2011, 04:06 PM

I see chain tensioner wear material.. More specifically IMS drive chain wear pad material... And maybe some IMS bering seal material.

This WILL NOT shop up in a used oil analysis... Anything big enough to visually see seldom shows up in UOA.

Don't run it any more at all and get it into the hands of a specialist with a good boroscope, experience with M96 engine failures and some sense.

06-07-2011, 04:06 PM	#7
Jake Raby Engine Surgeon Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cleveland GA USA Posts: 2,425	I see chain tensioner wear material.. More specifically IMS drive chain wear pad material... And maybe some IMS bering seal material. This WILL NOT shop up in a used oil analysis... Anything big enough to visually see seldom shows up in UOA. Don't run it any more at all and get it into the hands of a specialist with a good boroscope, experience with M96 engine failures and some sense. __________________ Jake Raby/www.flat6innovations.com IMS Solution/ Faultless Tool Inventor US Patent 8,992,089 & US Patent 9,416,697 Developer of The IMS Retrofit Procedure- M96/ M97 Specialist