pieces of metal in the motor-oil

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pieces of metal in the motor-oil

Post by gunnar »

Hello

Has anybody ever seen anything like this sticking on the magnet of the motoroil-exchange skrew? it is magnetic. my Pinz runs perfectly but this bothers me alot.


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Post by gunnar »

sorry
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Post by M Wehrman »

Looks to me like flakes of rust,perhaps from the walls of the oil fill tube.
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Post by Jim LaGuardia »

looks like flaking Rust from the oil fill tube, fairly common :wink:
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Post by pinzinator »

Years ago, when I lived in the Rustbelt, I would see pieces like that on the ground after I would close the car door!
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Post by gunnar »

Thank you Jim, you were absolutey right with the oil fill tube
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