Posted by dhermesc on September 13, 2010 at 09:08:20 from (24.248.193.103):
Oil change, Ford 3.0 Duratec
I was changing the oil over the weekend and got a big surprise - lots of visible metal flakes (extremely small - like the aluminum stop leak - actually suspended by the oil) in the oil drain pan and a few visible "chunks" big enough to pick out (about the size of the ball in the ball point pen). I know it’s not good, but how bad is it? The 2006 engine only has 70K on it and had oil changes every 3K miles with five quarts Motorcraft Synthetic blend and one quart Mobile 1 synthetic, with a Motorcraft filter and no abuse (no towing and very little city driving).
Any part on these engines that anyone"s aware of that might go early or have some issues? I"ve found metal in the oil from this vehicle in past, just very fine flakes and I wasn"t too worried about it since the next time or two there wouldn"t be any. This time it was noticeable to the extreme - the only time I"ve seen anything comparable was when the 302 in my F150 was eating the cam sprocket on the timing set.
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