[Jake Raby]

If you have material in the oil, neither product should be applied. I'd drop the sump plate and inspect for any debris before making further considerations. The sump plate is the window to the soul of this engine, it will hold debris that won't be found anywhere else.

The IMS Solution does have a better chance of surviving through foreign object debris contaminated oil, because it's design offers just filtered oil and the spin on filter adaptor is filtering 100% of the oil 100% of the time, not just for the IMS Solution, but also for the remainder of the engine.

The design of the IMS Solution will only allow it to be damaged in the same manner as the main and rod bearings ion the engine, in regard to foreign object debris. That means that the IMS Solution will be taken out by debris much like the remainder of the plain bearings in the engine and is not as sensitive to contamination debris.

During development we purposely introduced contaminated oil into an engine fitted with the IMS Solution and did this with the filter and also without the filter. In both scenarios all that happened to the IMS Solution was some scoring, but it kept operating unscathed without any rattles or noises. The engine ended up failing from a #3 and #6 rod bearing failure during that test due to the heavy amount of both ferromagnetic and non- ferromagnetic debris that was dumped into it during the test.

Yes, we develop things by blowing them up, and I love every minute of it.

BUT, again.. If the engine fails a pre- qualification, then neither of the products should be applied until corrective action is taken. The engine is guilty until proven innocent during a sump inspection.

If you find metal in the oil, feel free to retrofit it, but please use a competing product and make sure that you post the results later :-)