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Old 09-20-2018, 01:48 PM   #1
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Oil filter analysis - what should it look like?

First thing I did after buying my 2000 Boxster last week was to change the oil and the filter. I just got around to cutting up the old filter and having a look at it.
My magnet found a few thread like metal shavings, nothing else that I could see.



Other than that there were little specs of aluminum throughout the filter, this is a typical section.



On another board I read a contribution that said that engines "shed metal all there lives". So is this normal shedding or something bad?
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