To35 metal in oil

Mario58187 · May 29, 2018

I've had this 58 TO35 for about 2 weeks. It has its quirks, one of which I've posted about, but it starts right up every time and runs well. I had to start with the positive. Now to my question. I changed the engine oil recently and found a significant amount of what looked like flakes of metal in the old oil. I changed it and just drained it again after about 3 hrs work. There were more metal flakes and the oil felt gritty. There are no strange sounds, oil pressure is good, and it runs smooth. Are things breaking off my engine or could this be something related to sitting for years or anything else not terrible? Hopefully the photos worked. Thank you for taking the time to look and respond.

JD Seller · May 29, 2018

I would say crap coming out from years of setting. What I have done on motor like this is to put about half motor oil and the other half Kerosene. Then just run the motor at a fast idle, no load, until it is warmed up well. Then drain the mix out. You might have to do this a time or two but usually that will loosen up the old crud in the bottom of the pan and flush it out. Then just use a modern detergent oil to keep it clean.

Mario58187 · May 29, 2018

Mario58187 · May 29, 2018

Thank you for the response! I hope the photos showed up. I'll go ahead with the oil/kerosene and see how it goes from there. Thank you, again.

Steve@Advance · May 29, 2018

Those aren't flakes, those are chunks!

If they are aluminum, I would suspect it's the cam gear or oil pump drive gear. If steel could be the governor ball cage.

Pieces of the governor ball cage can also run through the cam gear and break pieces off.

There is a chance the issue has already been repaired, but the pan wasn't cleaned.

Any repair history?

But, if you keep running it, watch the oil pressure. Those have a weak oil pump design. A piece of that find it's way through the pick up screen it will lock the pump.

Mario58187 · May 29, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm not sure about repair history, I hope it was already done. I think It sat for quite some time. I'd imagine sooner or later I'll be learning how to rebuild all kinds of old parts, hoping for later. I appreciate the advice, I hope JD Seller is right, though...

Butch. · May 30, 2018

Yea, It looks like there is trouble.
Flushes are a waste of time and money.
The right way is to drop the pan, clean it and do a inspection of everything you can.

ptfarmer · May 30, 2018

(quoted from post at 05:34:16 05/30/18) Yea, It looks like there is trouble.
Flushes are a waste of time and money.
The right way is to drop the pan, clean it and do a inspection of everything you can.

X2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Flushing it isn't going to fix it.

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