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    Oil Filter Inspection - Glitter Normal?

    Finally got my report back from Blackstone. Clean bill of health on the analysis side!
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    Oil Filter Inspection - Glitter Normal?

    No real oil consumption. Oil is still in the safe range when changed at 10k. I of course check it periodically in between but never need to add.
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    Oil Filter Inspection - Glitter Normal?

    No gold glitter (bearings)... Just the color of the filter media. No ticking beyond the normal hemi noises, it sounds like the day I drove it off the lot. Obviously being a hemi I'm trying to catch a lifter failure early if it were to happen by inspecting the oil filter at each change. This is...
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    Oil Filter Inspection - Glitter Normal?

    2014 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi with 210,000 miles, 10k OCI's since new using PUP. I recently started cutting the oil filter open, and don't have a frame of reference for what is "normal". There is definitely glitter/fine pieces of metal speckled throughout the media but no accumulation of it. Hard to...
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