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Old Sep 1, 2017 | 09:14 PM
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Default 3.8L, oil looks suspicious, need opinions.

The intake manifold problems continue, now I have an entirely different set of worries. After draining nasty coolant oil out of my 03 Monte Carlo SS 3.8L, and after taking the oil and dumping it into a bottle so I could see it clearly, it really appeared to be loaded with little particles. I first tried to pin it on being just bubbles in the oil, and now I'm not sure. I can put my magnet that I use to pick up bolts I dropped in the oil, and when I lift the magnet back out, it'* very obvious something sticks to the magnet, but it'* very very small and again, it just appears to be bubbles. This has me very very concerned, the car makes no abnormal sounds, idles fine, certainly has power, and the oil pressure, at least what the gauge on the dash tells me, has never changed and has always showed me the same readings on a cold start and when it'* warm and idling, etc. I have a few bottles of oil from previous oil changes from different cars that I haven't had time to take to get recycled yet, and poured them into a different bottle, and it appears that they look the same as the oil from my MC. I tried two different old-oils from two different cars, and they both seem to have the same little-particle-bubble-thing in them.
I guess what I'm asking is, am I crazy? How could two different oils from two different cars have the same looking particle-bubble stuff that came out of my MC? Am I crazy? Should I be concerned about it? Just looking for opinions.
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Old Sep 2, 2017 | 09:17 AM
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Well, if this is causing you sleepless nights, you can have the oil sent out and analyzed.....Google is your friend...
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Old Nov 7, 2017 | 05:17 AM
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Run your oil through a coffee filter then wash it through with non chlorinated brake cleaner GENTLY. After it has dried you will be able to see metal if there is any.
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I personally would run a engine cleaner through it and then change my oil. Then I would check again like the above post said using a coffee filter or if you can get to a walmart or something like that I like to use a piece of white silk cloth. I am not sure how fast the oil runs through the coffee screen but it moves through the silk pretty fast.

I personally like the Justice Brothers Oil cleaner. My daughter and I did a science fair project on which oil system cleaner the the best job removing debris and cleaning the engine. I bought junk lawn mowers and took them apart so we could see what they looked like internally. Took pictures and then put them back together. Then we added the additives and followed the directions on the bottles. The Justice Brothers did the best job by far.

I can get you a link for it if you like.
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Old Nov 8, 2017 | 07:58 PM
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Using a coffee filter works by thinning the oil out with brake cleaner and catches whatever was in the oil big and small particles. I never cared for cleaners because I figure as its breaking crud loose its also being pumped through the bearings. Not sure that'* a good idea.
Years ago a tranny guy told me never to flush a transmission because the small particles helped to seal up the old worn rubber seals. To each their own.
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Old Nov 9, 2017 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by joaa
Years ago a tranny guy told me never to flush a transmission because the small particles helped to seal up the old worn rubber seals. To each their own.
It'* because the fluid has clutch material suspended in it. And it has nothing to do with sealing seals.
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