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Hey guys,

Changed my oil on the weekend and when i was pouring the used oil back into a container, a sandy grit was present on the bottom of the container the oil drained into when i emptied it from the car.

Where would this have come from?

Im guessing its the dodgy stainless mesh pod filter that came on my car letting crap into the engine.

I was horrified when i saw the grit in the oil.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Im thinking about getting a new pod filter now, i was looking on justjap.com at one of the apexi power intakes. Is this a good choice to go with?

thanks for any help.

cheers

are you sure it was sand? cause in that case it most probably would have gone in through the intake and perhaps scored the bores

could it be metal? have you just had your engine rebuilt?

nah havnt had the engine rebuilt.

Im pretty sure it was little bits of dirt and grit.

Was only very small but i know thats still enough to scores the bores.

Who knows, the previous owner in japan probably ran it without an air filter.

cheers

was it dispersed through the oil or at the bottom of the pan?

if its dispersed through the oil, then i have no idea what it is, maybe the oilk filter itself? or somethign worse?

if its on the bottom, i'd say its mroe likely that your pan was dirty before you drained the car

think about it.. oil is pretty viscous and grit isn't going to sink to the bottom and settle in a matter of minutes like it might with a less viscous solution such as water...

best of luck,

Warren

I cut open the old filter and there was nothing in it.

Im guessing that when i twisted off my old oil filter i must of brushed off some sandy shit from somewhere in my engine bay and it has fallen down into the pan.

cheers

i've had this happen regularly across 2 cars so it can't be particles in the oil. no reliability problems (touch wood :D) out of either car they have both been perfect motors.

i'm going along with the dirty oil pan + washing dirt down into the pan when you pull the old oil filter off and oil gushes down the side of the block.

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