Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:00:10 +0100 From: Charles Christacopoulos <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: C900 - oil showing significant concentration of metallic particles
The One4Sun - GWS wrote: > Hi folks, > > My 1982 C900 is due for it's annual major service prior to rego renewal > soon, but recently I noticed during fluid checks that the engine oil has > what I'd consider an overly high concentration of metallic particles in it. > > To my mind this means either bearings or piston rings are in need of > replacement. The engine probably does need a complete strip down and > rebuild, but is there a way to tell what type of metal(s) the particles are > to get an idea which engine parts they're coming from? > > Regards, > > Craig. If you have a manual gearbox, are you sure it is not the manual gearbox oil you are looking at? You would see metal particles in the gearbox oil. regards Charles -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply.