Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB - View Single Post - Metal ball on the tranny drain plug magnet. What gives?

Molez93 · 07-13-2023, 09:27 PM

Completed tranny and differential fluids today. I really have ~8k miles since finding that detent ball which started this thread. No more balls.
Had a decent amount of metal sludge/paste on the drain plug. I believe there was also a small amount of metal shavings in the oil based on investigation of the drain pan after I'd transfered the fluid. Though I'm surprised the magnet didn't retain that if it's really a metal shaving.

Differential fluid looked meaningfully better, though that too had paste/sludge. No shavings.

07-13-2023, 09:27 PM	#44
Molez93 Scott M Join Date: Jul 2018 Drives: '13 BRZ (DocWalt's old car) Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 86 Thanks: 20 Thanked 35 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Completed tranny and differential fluids today. I really have ~8k miles since finding that detent ball which started this thread. No more balls. Had a decent amount of metal sludge/paste on the drain plug. I believe there was also a small amount of metal shavings in the oil based on investigation of the drain pan after I'd transfered the fluid. Though I'm surprised the magnet didn't retain that if it's really a metal shaving. Differential fluid looked meaningfully better, though that too had paste/sludge. No shavings. __________________ 13 BRZ (DSTprep) 14 Lotus Evora S; 08 Exige S240 06 BMW Z4M Roadster, 20 M850 Last edited by Molez93; 07-13-2023 at 10:08 PM.