[tcb] Re: CAUTION - Bus Content
- From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:49:36 -0500
Ronnie don't you have some connections in the "oil patch"?
May be you could get the oil analyzed?
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/gas_engines.html
I know we used to to do that with oil in the Navy.
I know some of the larger truck fleets have it done regularly.
Maybe it came from the inside of the oil sump?
I know the inside if mine had some "dirt" on the inside when I got it
( Berg 1 1/2 quart)
I spent considerable time cleaning it before I installed it.
Is yours a Empi?
On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Ronnie Hughes wrote:
Hey gang,
The last few times I've changed the oil & filter, I didn't drop the
screen because I have a spin on oil filter installed and figured it
stopped anything running around in the engine. But, tonight I had
the time so I went ahead and pulled the cover and screen. Sparky
has a 1 1/2 qt. pan added. When I pulled the screen I found a
bunch of what looks like dirt just inside the lip of the pan
(nothing at all in the screen itself). I went ahead and pulled the
1 1/2 qt pan and cleaned everything out. I got about two
tablespoons of "dirt" from inside the pan. I checked it with
magnetic and it's not steel and I held it up to a bright light and
I don't seen anything shiny in it.
Any ideas? Is my engine slowing grinding itself up? Is it dirt?
I kept some in a plastic bowl and will bring it Sunday. If you are
there Mark, I would like for you to check it out.
I have very good oil pressure +50 psi when driving and a little
more than 10 psi at idle.
Should I begin counting my piggy bank?
Fracdog
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