[Norm101469]

Looking for a little insight. I changed my oil in 2016 when I bought my 1999 996 Mobile One 0W-40 and sent off the old oil to Blackstone Labs and came back engine in great shape(still a baby). Long story short it started not starting very well so I kept it on a trickle charger and started it about every couple of weeks since at some point in 2017 but didn't really drive it much while we were in Norfolk on active duty until March this year. So I took it to a local INDY shop here in the finger lakes region. Frank's Shop got the starting issue fixed pretty easy(don't but rebuilt alternators on eBay) so on to oil change. Trevor sent me a couple pictured with very fine metal in the oil filter housing so he cleaned it out as well as the oil pan and we will change in 750-1000 miles and use 20W-50 this time and see where we stand. I will send the next sample off Blackstone Labs for testing. Trevor said he's not remotely worried about IMS as its in great shape. I do have the AOS smoke on hard cornering acceleration. Anyone else have anything like this? I get that 4 years in between oil changes(2000 miles) is borderline abuse lol but not many miles on the oil. This car has not been driven hard since I've owned it. If you guys have questions please don't hesitate to ask just trying to get to the bottom of this issue.