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Originally Posted by Petah78
Sorry for the delay, i had family in town for the past couple weeks thus the delay in surgery of the oil filter. Below are pics of my factory oil filter that was changed out @ 1k miles.
- There are definitely silicon of all colors (green, red and grey) in there.
- The grey colored were rarer but larger in size.
- When i drained the oil, the kitchen strainer that i used was fine enough that it should have at least caught some of these pieces if there was any. But the strainer didn't catch anything.
- Was driven like a granny since break in. Maybe 20% throttle and no more than 4500 rpms.
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THANK YOU!
Although a sample size of one this is a data point that has been missing.
Your finings show exactly what I was afraid of in my earlier essay!
In all probability you had run the engine long enough to catch all the particles so none showed up during your oil change. Of course some would have made it through the whole system but eventually got caught.
To make a wild guess I would say that if your engine is still good now you are probably out of the woods.