tiny metal shavings when changing oil

stephen powers · Aug 26, 2006

hey any of you guys ever see metal shavings. when you change your oil ?
i use amsoil and recently found that my car uses about a quart every 5000 or so........

TeKiZeRo · Aug 26, 2006

I found shavings in my car with my first oil change O_O. But I only use Mobil 1 Synthetic.

SoaReS · Aug 26, 2006

stephen powers said:
i use amsoil and recently found that my car uses about a quart every 5000 or so........

That's absolutely normal.

520 · Aug 26, 2006

your consumption is normal, but you should not see shavings in your oil unless this is your first oil change, which i doubt.

ValvetrainEngineer · Aug 27, 2006

define shavings...shiny metallic flakes, bad. Tiny bit of cloudy particles, possible. When I do the tranny fluid the magnet always has a fair amount of particles stuck to it...but then again I'm not easy on the gears.

dexterous · Aug 27, 2006

How many shavings are we talking about? Are the shavings silver or gold in color?

Silver = not the end of the world
Gold = no very good at all.

stephen powers · Aug 30, 2006

shavings are very small silver and are not flat. i guess you could call them particals. i can feel the texture when i press them.

2fas4u · Aug 30, 2006

thats really not a good sign either, I would watch that very very closely. As far as the consumption goes that is normal for a turbo car....

QuickSilverSTi · Aug 30, 2006

Why not just send in a sample to blackstone labs? That's what I do (and why I'll never use Mobil 1 in these cars).

neal0124 · Aug 31, 2006

Bearings may be going out.

La Mer · Aug 31, 2006

QuickSilverSTi said:
Why not just send in a sample to blackstone labs? That's what I do (and why I'll never use Mobil 1 in these cars).

can you elaborate on why you would never use Mobil 1, and what you use for oil?

flatthump · Aug 31, 2006

stephen powers said:
hey any of you guys ever see metal shavings. when you change your oil ?
i use amsoil and recently found that my car uses about a quart every 5000 or so........

How often do you change it? I thought most of us agreed that 3000k was a good interval.

2fas4u · Aug 31, 2006

La Mer said:
can you elaborate on why you would never use Mobil 1, and what you use for oil?

Mobile 1 has one of the worse shear ratings out of any of the oils. I dont even use it in my Ranger anymore. Amsoil, royal purple, Motul and Schaffer are among the best for shear ratings...I use Motul 15W50 in the STI....

FlyinbySTi · Aug 31, 2006

totally normal. I use Amsoil and have been for the past 12K miles. It's time for a filter change now. I burn about a 1/4 or less every 3-5K.

I will be sending it out to blackstone as soon as I do the filter change this weekend.

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