Hi - I'm hoping to get some advice here.
Ive got a 1999 Td5 that I've just changed the oil on and found metal 'strands' in the oil when tipping the old oil into spare canisters.
The car has done 119K but was rebuilt around 15K ago due to the dreaded oil pump bolt failure.
It drives great with no issues I can notice anyway so I was rather surprised to see the metal in the drain can.
I would describe the metal as strands because they arent pieces or chunks, but are more like thin wires intertwined if that makes sense...much like the insides of a strip of wire. The largest piece is around 2cm but most are much smaller.
I did the last service at 114K and 12m ago, using JGS 4x4 filters and Triple QX 5W30 fully synthetic oil. There were no shavings at that service.
I've drained the oil from both filters and there are no shavings there so the pieces were all in the sump - or contained totally within the filter.
I wondered if I'd snagged the centrifugal filter in the housing but it looked absolutely mint on removal from the housing.
Crucially the shavings aren't being picked up by my trusty magnet tool so does that mean they might be aluminium and if so what would create those in the sump...?
Some facts:
- engine 're-built' at 104K ish due to oil pump bolt failure
- engine run in nicely thereafter and an early service done to remove associated particles
- engine then home serviced say 6K later with no issues
- engine then home serviced a further 6K later with no issues
- engine then serviced 5K later with the filings
- all works OK as far as I can tell
- oil on all services I have done is quite black, well very black when removed but normal for a diesel?
So, what do we think? We plan to take the vehicle on holiday on Monday (600 mile round trip) and then again early September (800 miles) and don't want any issues. Was considering using it for next weeks' trip, then dropping the oil and seeing if we have more shavings before deciding on the longer trip in a few weeks but most of all I just want to understand whether there is a real problem here.
Ive got a 1999 Td5 that I've just changed the oil on and found metal 'strands' in the oil when tipping the old oil into spare canisters.
The car has done 119K but was rebuilt around 15K ago due to the dreaded oil pump bolt failure.
It drives great with no issues I can notice anyway so I was rather surprised to see the metal in the drain can.
I would describe the metal as strands because they arent pieces or chunks, but are more like thin wires intertwined if that makes sense...much like the insides of a strip of wire. The largest piece is around 2cm but most are much smaller.
I did the last service at 114K and 12m ago, using JGS 4x4 filters and Triple QX 5W30 fully synthetic oil. There were no shavings at that service.
I've drained the oil from both filters and there are no shavings there so the pieces were all in the sump - or contained totally within the filter.
I wondered if I'd snagged the centrifugal filter in the housing but it looked absolutely mint on removal from the housing.
Crucially the shavings aren't being picked up by my trusty magnet tool so does that mean they might be aluminium and if so what would create those in the sump...?
Some facts:
- engine 're-built' at 104K ish due to oil pump bolt failure
- engine run in nicely thereafter and an early service done to remove associated particles
- engine then home serviced say 6K later with no issues
- engine then home serviced a further 6K later with no issues
- engine then serviced 5K later with the filings
- all works OK as far as I can tell
- oil on all services I have done is quite black, well very black when removed but normal for a diesel?
So, what do we think? We plan to take the vehicle on holiday on Monday (600 mile round trip) and then again early September (800 miles) and don't want any issues. Was considering using it for next weeks' trip, then dropping the oil and seeing if we have more shavings before deciding on the longer trip in a few weeks but most of all I just want to understand whether there is a real problem here.
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