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Old 02-22-2007, 09:00 AM   #2
porsche986spyder
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Originally Posted by edevlin
It is sunny and in the 60's in central Virginia, so I went home over lunch and did my usual 5K oil change. Seems like my other oil changes were in the early morning or on cloundy days and I never looked closely at the oil.

But in the sun today I noticed small metal flakes glinting in the sun in the oil against the background of the black collecting bucket. I would have thought that the oil filter would have picked up that size flake. Is this normal for our engines to have small metallic-looking flakes suspended in the oil?

Ed

That does NOT sound normal to me.
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