Grit on oil drain plug

Damn, now I'm back to worrying again, Thanks alot Bill .......lol.... Merry Christmas and thanks for all your advice over the past few Years

Folks seem to be missing something here....

The wear parts like bearings are 'not' magnetic.....

Mike

True and not true, Mike. The bearings are softer, not magnetic, and designed to take the wear, but the journals can wear down too. In fact, they will if a piece of grit gets stuck in the bearing material. Cylinder walls also wear down. Let's see, what else? Oil pump, timing gears, chain, valve train. Lots of sources of scrap iron exist inside an internal combustion engine. The trick is to decide where it's coming from, whether the source is still shedding metal, and whether the amount constitutes a problem or not.

Earle

Good point.

Mike

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