fine metal shavings in filter?? need help asap

Air fish had a couple complete engines for sale in the For Sale section.
$2200.00 I think.
That's the way I'd go.
Pull one out, throw the other one in.
Tear down the other one if curious...

I agree

OK I pulled some shavings out, had a magnet in them and got no reaction. its kinda silver n gold colored as well. so is that more than likely a bearing?

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Maybe some better pics with no flash ?

Yup.
When I piled mine up, the filter looked like I poured a can of copper coat all over the filter.



....I still think of that every time I go to use the stuff.

Extended Power said:

Yup.
When I piled mine up, the filter looked like I poured a can of copper coat all over the filter.



....I still think of that every time I go to use the stuff.

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funny, I just pulled a motor out last night that looked the same way. tore it down, found a rod cap backed out, spun the bearing.

my motor is at 134k. I will be tearing it down soon. would it be wise to replace the pistons/rings or if they look good just leave them?

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At this point just tear it Down and see what you have. Has this note had OEM filters it's whole life?

I'm not sure but last 20k has had them. I'm working on finding a good time to do the teardown.

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update: getting it torn down this weekend. I've looked at filter closely, it appears its aluminium because its not magnetic and also seems like there is plastic pieces as well. just did lpop test and it fills filter housing after couple secs of cranking.

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Interested in seeing what it turns out to be. My 6.4 did the same thing and next oil change the filter looked perfect.

How did this turn out?

come to find out my oil cooler was bad, and one of the gaskets went through the hpop and the screen was covered in shreads of gaskets. the fine metal shavings was due to the crankshaft. while it was manufactured at international, the sides were not polished. so the rough tooling marks that were left was being rubbed by the side of the rods. that is why I tore into the bottom end because several opinions were that a bearing was bad or a lifter and was rubbing the cam. the bearings were in decent shape for 135k. so I bought the one truck that nobody decided to polish the crank....my machinist said in 30 years he has never seen a crank like that.

any pictures?

ya they r on my other phone I'll post later

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