I just put 385 miles on my rebuilt engine (04 S) using Joe Gibbs BR 30 oil. I've drained the oil and am getting ready to move to stage 2 of engine break in with new oil. Below are the pic's of of stage 1 oil and filter any concerns?
1st pic is what my magnetic drain plug is suppose to look like.
2nd pic is what my magnetic drain plug DOES look like. It feels like a graphite grease with extra fine aggregate in it. It is metalic.
3rd pic is the results of swiping the drain plug on my finger 3 times.
4th pic is oil filter opened up.
5th pic is a section of oil filter. they are very small metalic pieces, long black stringy pieces are flexible, probably pieces of sealant goop, they are not round like an O ring.
The 2 oil samples are in clear bottles they look good. Only when I shine a flashlight on the under side of the oil sample bottle, that came from the filter cannister, can i see a very fine glitter of metal particles (just on the base of the bottle). The main sample bottle looks fine. Camera battery, died no photos of oil samples right now.
What do you think, move to stage 2?
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