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brass dust suspended in oil
I'm doing the switch from Valvoline Racing 20-50 to Brad Penn, and noticed a lot of brass dust in the oil. Is this the death knoll?
I'm going to send a sample out to Blackstone Labs, but in the meantime, what else, besides the valve guides, is made of brass? Cam/chain drive gears? Distributor drive? Anything related to the turbo (K27-S) itself like sleeves/bearings? Also, I don't know if this is related or not, but my motor has always generated a lot of the white milky oil/air combination. I noticed a good deal of it while I was re-routing a couple of the vent hoses over the a/c lines, and an accumulation in the bottom of the oil tank. Thanks in advance Bill K
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Maybe rocker bushings?
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rocker bushings - forgot about them, good candidate, as the car does not smoke after start-up.
thanks Mark Bill K
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I've seen that when looking at used motor oil in sunlight, especially on a freshly rebuilt motor. It is disconcerting...
I'm not sure it's all brass dust because it could be steel dust that looks goldish colored while it's suspended in the dark amber colored used motor oil. Another source for brass/copper dust is the bearings if the lead babbit has worn off the main or rod bearings. Those shell bearings are 3 layers of metal. Steel/brass in the middle/lead babbit on the running surface. |
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I'm hoping that any steel gets picked up on the drain plug magnets. Both were free from any shavings. Plus, I ran a strong magnet through the drained oil and it came out clean.
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one thing to consider also is the oil pan pics up dust and with gold tinged oil can make the dust look like brass
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If your report shows bronze you can give your turbo a quick review. Remove the compressor inlet tube and inspect the compressor blades for impact marks. Many turbos ingest junk and fail. If all looks good here check for radial (side to side) and axial (fore and aft) shaft movement. Generally, if the compressor wheel blade tips are not touching the housing on the radial test journal bearings are OK. Normal axial play is a few thousands and barely detectable with a good thrust bearing. If you have noticeable axial play the thrust bearing is worn. |
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I would guess distributor drive gear wear. How does the distributor gear look when you pull it?
You may be able to see the drive gear thru the hole in the case when you pull the distributor. Did you check the rocker arms for free play when doing a valve adjustment? If your turbo bearings were bad it would be smoking like a MOFO.......any oil in the intercooler or compressor housing? Good luck.
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Jfairman- your the first person I have heard aside from my grandfather that used the correct terminoligy when talking about bearing material (babbit)
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I haven't had the nerve to start monkeying with the dizzy and timing yet, nor have I had the valve covers off. The car has been running flawlessly once I got the exhaust and electrics sorted out in 2006.
also, car is in its original configuration - no i/c. I don't think it's dust, I think I saw it in the drain stream before it hit the pan. Bill K
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The timing chains and tensioner pulley teeth are not made of brass or bronze.
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I hope to God you don't find what I found:
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Rod ends are brassy:
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ouch !
were you able to determine what caused this? thanks for posting Bill K
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General unexplained failure.........
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The particles can come from just about anywhere. The main and rod bearings are multi-layered and contain a brass layer. The rod bushing, rocker arm bushing contains brass.
I would suggest sending the oil out to be analyzed to give you a little more empirical data. The results will end the guessing game you are going through. Brass particles suspended in the oil (if it is brass) is not good news in any event. If it were a newly rebuilt engine, you expect some particles suspended in the oil. The more important question is.....why isn't your filter catching this? Maybe clogged up? Open up the current oil filter and check for particles in the filter media.
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You know what sucks about our 930's? The oiling system only filters on the suction side of the oiling sys and not on the pressure side- the reason why the C2 turbos have the filter where the cooler used to be on our motors...
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To put that into simpler terms...
The oil is filtered on the way out of the engine, not before.
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What sucks is that the oil from the turbo goes back into the oil tank unfiltered, so any carbonized oil from the turbo goes right into the engine.
...unless you install a filter in the turbo oil return line before it drains into the oil tank. |
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