craig_007
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| posted on 14/10/16 at 06:12 PM |
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Copper fragments in oil filter
I gave the car an oil & filter change today so I decided to open up the old filter, I was shocked to find quite a lot of brass/copper fragments in
the filter.
What's the thoughts on this, is this still fine to drive or am I looking at impending doom ?
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teegray19
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| posted on 14/10/16 at 06:45 PM |
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What engine? Sounds like bits of big end bearing. Doesn't sound good!
Built Formular 27 with 1600cc crossflow, 1700cc 0 miles crossflow, Kawasaki ZZR1100
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/10/16 at 06:55 PM |
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My first thought was big-end bearings - but some of mine were a grey coating on steel, so they're not only bronze in colour. Little-end
bearings can be of a bronze material, can't they?
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craig_007
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| posted on 14/10/16 at 07:00 PM |
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It's 1.8t from a seat Leon,
My thoughts were big ends/main bearings.
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obfripper
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| posted on 14/10/16 at 07:13 PM |
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Bronze coloured indicates crankshaft thrust washers - check crank endfloat , or turbo bearings - check the turbo for axial play and endfloat as both
the endfloat washers and journal bearings are bronze (or brass for chinese copies).
Dave
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SuperV8
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| posted on 25/10/16 at 08:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by craig_007
I gave the car an oil & filter change today so I decided to open up the old filter, I was shocked to find quite a lot of brass/copper fragments in
the filter.
What's the thoughts on this, is this still fine to drive or am I looking at impending doom ?
I'm afraid this sounds bad!
I would not be driving it. I would drop the sump and investigate further. Could be a spun bearing.
What's your oil pressure like?
A guy on the V8 forum recently found brass filings/shavings in his sump and turned out to be a spun bearing due to low oil pressure due to track use
and a sticky oil pressure relief valve.
Tom.
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