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I rebuild my m96 due to either stretched rod bolt or oil starvation. I basically seized 1 rod on the crank. When I rebuilt my motor I re-used the oil cooler. When I did my inital startup and run for 25 miles the oil came out with a bit of sparkle in it. I thought I was totally out of luck with the rebuild. I had 3 mechanics tell me I took a huge chance as there can be debris in the oil cooler. Due to the sparkles I ran a 50 mile oil change and it came out 99.9% clean with just some minor stuff in the filter (some looked like the case sealant). My 1000 mile oil change was completely clear, including cutting the filter open for inspection. Just drove it today with over 2100 miles, so all seems good.
My advise - all it would have taken would have been 1 of those small pieces to block an oil channel and boom, again. Replace the oil cooler! I got lucky.
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