I changed the oil on the car about 700miles ago, not long after I bought it, as it had a sticky tappet.
The oil in it hadn't been for maybe around 2000miles. I found some small metal flakes that were magnetic but didn't look like bearing material.
So I dropped the filter last night after 700miles and found another flake the same appearance and again magnetic. Nothing else in the filter.
Im not jumping to conclusions about what it is but just wondering if anyone recognizes where they may be from?
There very thin and almost bronze like in colour. They also have very slight grooves like machining marks on them. Engine has done 30k miles and was new in 2010, 3.4 with the last revision IMS.
Oil has been sent to Millers for analysis and Im going to drop the sump for a look.
Any thoughts, is there parts of the chain system that it could be?
The oil in it hadn't been for maybe around 2000miles. I found some small metal flakes that were magnetic but didn't look like bearing material.
So I dropped the filter last night after 700miles and found another flake the same appearance and again magnetic. Nothing else in the filter.
Im not jumping to conclusions about what it is but just wondering if anyone recognizes where they may be from?
There very thin and almost bronze like in colour. They also have very slight grooves like machining marks on them. Engine has done 30k miles and was new in 2010, 3.4 with the last revision IMS.
Oil has been sent to Millers for analysis and Im going to drop the sump for a look.
Any thoughts, is there parts of the chain system that it could be?