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The oil that's on the filter is far less likely to have metal in it. I'm talking about this area right here, do you have a syringe you could suck it up with and deposit it on a coffee filter:
What’s this grey/silver swirl in my oil?
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If there is something to find, then yes. If there isn't then no.
I'm still stuck on the reason for this whole "wait" thing when it's to discover something you're visually observing, not a general trend. Either you're seeing something significant or you aren't. Again you're looking for a defect not trends.
Yeah I think I have a syringe. I’ll suck that up rn and put it on a coffee filter and see what shows up
Nada, nothing in the coffee filter. I’ll just wait until my next oil change and send out a UOA. At this point, I highly doubt its metal. It's probably moisture because I haven't driven the car since last week.
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Hey, I've got an idea. Put some of that stuff in a small clear glass jar and let it sit. If it's air it will just disappear, if it's something else, it should settle on the bottom.
Will do that tonight
I never understood this paranoia.
So let's say its metal. Then what? Are you going to proactively pull and rebuild the engine? If it has good oil pressure and runs fine... Why?
Just stick to normal maintenance routines and drive the car until something actually goes wrong.
So let's say its metal. Then what? Are you going to proactively pull and rebuild the engine? If it has good oil pressure and runs fine... Why?
Just stick to normal maintenance routines and drive the car until something actually goes wrong.
BMW owner paranoia
Finally found out what that swirly grey stuff is. I spoke to someone else that had the same exact issues as me. He told me it's aluminum shaving from the oil filter housing threads. Every time you tight the oil filter cap, it slightly shaves a little off the threads and goes into the oil. That's why when you take the oil filter cap off, you see it but then it dissapers.
Lmao I figured it out bro. It’s the threads from the oil filter housing. Everytime you thread the cap on, it flakes a little of the oil filter housing thread which mixes into the oil. The oil filter housing is made of aluminum and the Oil filter cap is made out of plastic.
Seriously? A plastic cap is made to that close/tight of a tolerance to shave the aluminum? Sounds like a TSB to me.
Apparently, I spoke to a guy that had the same exact issues and he told me it’s the oil filter housing threads that shave off a bit. I took the oil filter housing cap off like 3 times to double check the “metal shavings” in the oil. The metal shavings where air bubbles
Titanium? Filtered with a NAPA Silver?
I use OE Mann filters
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That doesn't sound right. Plastic isn't going to abrade aluminum and I didn't experience this on my E46 or E39 M5.
I mean, I’m still going to get a UOA. They guy I spoke to owns a European shop and told me the new BMWs have the same issue
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The oil filter housing is a logical location for metal to end up, since it can't get through the filter. Maybe it's normal wear and just is visible in this application due to the housing/cartridge setup but definitely something to watch I think. Glad to hear you are getting a UOA.
thats literally exactly what I said...
It could very well be aluminum. I'd run the oil to 500 or 1,000 miles pull a sample via the dipstick tube and get a UOA done. That might shed some light and eliminate a lot of guessing.
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