Weekend oil change...bummer

[flaps10]

how can I know that one I am getting isn't another hand grenade before I put it in?

You don't.

I can't wait until we finally dispense with the "it's only 1% (or 10%)" theory. Every week, on every forum associated with the M96 there are new posters with metal in the oil.

[dsallean]

Originally Posted by flaps10

You don't.

I can't wait until we finally dispense with the "it's only 1% (or 10%)" theory. Every week, on every forum associated with the M96 there are new posters with metal in the oil.

I guess I drew the short straw on this one.

[Giller]

Originally Posted by flaps10

You don't.

I can't wait until we finally dispense with the "it's only 1% (or 10%)" theory. Every week, on every forum associated with the M96 there are new posters with metal in the oil.

Yes.....yet it isn't always the IMS is it? In this case, metal isn't ferrous therefore not IMS....

IMS is still only a small small percentage.

[flaps10]

Originally Posted by Giller

Yes.....yet it isn't always the IMS is it? In this case, metal isn't ferrous therefore not IMS....

IMS is still only a small small percentage.

Except you have to consider where the non-ferrous metal is coming from. Like main bearings for instance.

These pictures were my main bearings. They were TOAST




Rod bearings too:

The shiny patch is where all the non-ferrous stuff rubbed off.

This heavy wear was the result of a very early stage dual row IMS failure pumping debris through my engine.
Thankfully I didn't just change the oil and drive the F out of it like seems to be the common advice.