metal bits on dipstick...

[wannafbody]

I checked the oil and after wiping the dipstick I can see a few metal bits on the paper towel. It's an LS1 with an Amsoil EAO filter and the syn oil only has a few thousand miles on it. Should this be cause for concern?

 

[StevieC]

How many miles on the LS1? Do you drive like you stole it all the time?

 

[wannafbody]

68,000 miles and I run it to redline occasionally. It doesn't seem to have the piston slap that I hear about so often. To me it looks as if it's tiny bits of aluminum.

 

[StevieC]

I would be concerned then as the engine should be well broken in.

 

[ZZman]

Time for a UOA with a particle count.

 

[sw99]

Magnet???

 

[buster]

Hmmm, doesn't sound too good. Particles may be much too large for a UOA to pick up. Try Dyson Analysis. He uses a Rotrode analysis which picks up larger particles.

 

[ZZman]

If it is aluminum a magnet is useless.

 

[hate2work]

Originally Posted By: ZZman
If it is aluminum a magnet is useless.


I think the poster was telling the OP to use a magnet to find out if the particles contained iron.