Metal shavings in oil....should I be concerned?

Man you would have a heart attack if you saw my first motorcycles oil change.. 10k and forget. Toyota’s are bomb proof.

 

I've found peanut oil is good to use for motor oil. Makes my truck smell like Thai food as it burns. Delicious.

 

Just did my first oil change at 5k today. No glitter or flakes i could see in the catch pan or filter, though the factory oil sure was awfully dark. Filled up with pennzoil ultra platinum.

 

Can we argue about catch cans again?!

 

After going to Pennzoil Ultra platinum 14k miles ago, my Catch-can no longer fills up. On the Toyota oil, I'd get about 3oz @5k miles.

Maybe brake-in? or just better oil.

 

Most modern full synthetic oils will serve you well. Pick one you like and go with it. I am trying Amsoil with this truck.

 

Mine had to be changed for this at 800 miles due to getting engine error codes.

 

Thats interesting, do you remember the code descriptions?

 

What code? Sounds like BS to me.

 

We've definitely never had a thread like this before.

Not once.

Ever.

 

If that's truly the stupidest thing you've ever heard, you must not spend a lot of time around the dominant species on this planet.

But please, do elaborate on why premature oil changes are bad. Genuinely interested in hearing from a material design perspective.

Now this right here is the shit I come to TW for. This is just the brilliant, forward thinking, that really just elevates my FRYday plans.

This thread topic is brand new to me.

 

Parts moving you are going to get some shavings …unless you are getting huge pieces of metal tiny pieces like this is nothing to worry about .

 

The shavings that look like glit6are normal. That's bushings and the like normally doing what they do. The time to be concerned is when it is gravel size or fingernail clippings size that comes out. Those would indicate a breakage somewhere

 

FanTastic!

 

Used 3 different oils this fill up, had some random quarts from different sales. Mobil-1, Castrol Edge & Kirkland.

Also changed at 2k, then every 5k thereafter.

 

What’s this thread about again?

 

Your comment reminds me of a true experience I had in the late 1970s...a girl I knew told me she put a bottle of salad oil into her engine after someone told her to "add a quart of oil"...
Her car died shortly after...

Cannot make this stuff up....

 

I had some glitter in my filter housing after the first 5k. Was I worried about it going to 10k? Naw. Was 40 bucks worth cleaning this out and replacing with fresh oil? In my book yes.

 

I think I'm going to be sick!