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Old 01-12-2009, 08:48 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Jake Raby

We are doing a metallurgical survey on the broken part to see what it's comprised of, so we can look for the traces of this material when we pull oil samples from customer's engines orfor those who are part of our oil monitoring program. This will help diagnose issues before they occur.
If I understand what I'm seeing correctly, it looks like a overloading failure, maybe due to a manufacturing defect or fatigue. Not a wear issue. I wonder if you'd ever get a warning from an oil analysis.
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