OH NO!! Metal shavings in oil filter :(|

[haz]

Can't. Because karma.

[madmods]

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[haz]

Originally Posted by madmods

Hope this didn't mean you are sitting at home now with a VOODOO puppet cursing the one who sold it to you at first place wouldn't you?

He he.. no. I called the seller and just had a normal chat about what had happened. He was, obviously very sorry, and pointed out the PPI (which does not hade a checked point for "oil filter OK / NOT OK")
I did point out that he safely could have done an oilchange within the last 27 months (last time was may 2011, and then I did one last friday - 27 months in between). He agreed..

Had he done an earlier oilchange, he might have noticed the metal particles in the oilfilter alot sooner and in that wa prevented a lot of damage.

The Boxster is being flatbedded in two hours to SSP 1 hour away. I have been promised a diagnostic on the engine before friday afternoon.

[southernstar]

Good luck and keep us posted.

[haz]

Thank you.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by haz

He he.. no. I called the seller and just had a normal chat about what had happened. He was, obviously very sorry, and pointed out the PPI (which does not hade a checked point for "oil filter OK / NOT OK")
I did point out that he safely could have done an oilchange within the last 27 months (last time was may 2011, and then I did one last friday - 27 months in between). He agreed..

Had he done an earlier oilchange, he might have noticed the metal particles in the oilfilter alot sooner and in that wa prevented a lot of damage.

The Boxster is being flatbedded in two hours to SSP 1 hour away. I have been promised a diagnostic on the engine before friday afternoon.

Actually I think the person doing your inspection was the problem. The experts can correct me if I'm wrong but a trained mechanic, looking at service records that would obviously have pointed to inadequate oil changes, or inadequate records to raise suspicion, should have or would have looked at the oil pan and not just the oil filter. The filter and oil can easily be replaced to cover up evidence of neglect but cleaning out the pan is really going out of your way to deceive. Either way the previous owner appears to have done neither of these sneaky things, so he basically left it up to your inspectors to catch his neglect which would have been a piece of blotkaker for them.

[haz]

Perfectlap. You Are Dead on. PO trusted the ppi. They did not do a thorrough enough check on the engine part of the test.

[haz]

This just in: IMS is deffect. More updates to come..

[pothole]

Sorry, but nobody is going to be dropping the oil pan for a PPI. I doubt most involve inspecting the filter.