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					Originally Posted by dsallean  Update: 
The car is back from being diagnosed at the Porsche shop nearby.  Very nice folks.  Dropped the oil pan and found this and didn't proceed any further.  Oddly I didn't find any metal in the filter in the last 2 oil changes but they got some in the oil pan.  All the bits they found are here (one green, a few brown, a few metal):
   
Car has 98,000 miles.  They recommended a replacement engine of my choosing.
 
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Those pieces of metal don't look ferrous in the image. They look like shaved aluminum. Did they check with a magnet?