hey yall quick ? today i was changeing the oil in my truck and it been about 4500 miles sense last oil change i run rotella t and the stock oil filter and after the oil was drained i droped the plug into the buoil bucket by misstake and when i got it back out i noticed fine metal shaveings stuck to the drain plug and i could feel them between my fingers they were reall little shaveings but i was wanting to know if this is normal to see a little fine shaveings when doing an oil change??

 

do u run a good filter? i wouldnt be too alarmed...truck is running fine?

 

i run the stock mopar oil filter and the truck runs great but it does trow a little black smoke but i think that because of the heat so you think its nuttin to worry about?

 

got gauges? how hot are u running? what are your EGT's?

 

Actual metal shavings you could feel?

... very uncool, my friend - better find out what's wrong!

 

I agree. Metal shavings in your oil that you can actually feel are never a good thing. I'd get an oil analysis done ASAP.

 

Never a good thing to find metal shavings, but I would not worry about it too much. Could be just the stuff accumulated from years of settling in the bottom of the oil pan. I would do an oil analysis next oil change.

Until then...........Drive it like you stole it.

 

what would i have to do to get an oil anylisse done and the metal shaveings were really small like a grain of sand or someting it was that big and as far as egt i dont have any gauges iam saveing for the edge juice right now but the truck seems to run great thinks for all of the advice yall are giveing.

 

You really ought to spring for the gauges first - it's usually cheaper in the long run...

 

[QUOTE=ncdodgeman20]after the oil was drained i droped the plug into the buoil bucket by misstake and when i got it back out i noticed fine metal shaveings stuck to the drain plug QUOTE]


I can't belive all of you missed this I would first ask WAS there metal on the drain plug before you droped it in the oil bucket?? WAS the bucket CLEAN to start with?? if the fist answer is yes than I would look at getting an oil sample done, if the second answer in no the thats most likley where that metal came from

I know for my self I never use a clean bucket for draining my oil as I use the same drain pan everytime and then empty it in to an 55gal drum.

as for when, where, and how for the oil sample I would go to a local Diesel/Heavyequipment (ie. CAT, Cummins, and so forth) shop and get it done where they have theres done.

 

Occam's Razor doesn't work very well in this case, he said he didn't notice the shavings 'til AFTER he'd dropped it into the pan....