LA_Dog, the contaminates may be from when the oil pump was machined. May just put new oil and filter in/on and put another 50 to 100 miles on and then check the filter again.
What about the oil tank. Did that get flushed and the lines, did they get flushed?
Hopefully this is a one time thing and you are good to go.
As far as the oil Blow by, You may need to install new Umbrellas in the rocker boxes that control the venting.
Hey thanks brother- if nothing else I appreciate the positive approach. Could be and i hope so- all I can do right now is ride it - either it grenades and I get new motor or it stays ok.
Everything was surgically clean - complete rebuild - new oil tank - new SS HVHP oil pump. I'll check the umbrellas but they were new also.
Oil pressure is quite high- i don't know if this is normal for the HVHP pump. when it is all warmed up, riding through town a bit, the oil gauge shows 20+ at idle (970 rpm), and revving it pegs the gauge needle to 60 (gauge only goes to 60). I could not find any info on SS site what the "normal" pressures should be when hot.
there is return flowing into tank, but I don't know how much return is "enough" vs the pump output. I can tell you that at this last oil change I left the oil filter off and blew 2 qts of oil out the filter mount as a flush, and it took all but 30 seconds. this pump puts out some oil! Maybe it is putting more oil up into the rockers than can drain down. I'm not getting excessive oil in crank case so I know it is scavenging.
I'm using a KP stainless oil filter w/ magnet so it is really easy to inspect what's in the filter.
And this is all shit I can't get answered or at least some feedback by the shop - hell they still have not returned my message about the metal in oil.
Plus I just discovered my new braille battery is toast. I just spent morning testing electrical system because battery would be down to 10% in 1-2 days. Alarm draws 4.5ma, that's it. they messed up my new stator plug on the block by not pulling out far enough, the plug was not really connected for the first 2 weeks of riding the bike. it was loosely sitting on there arcing away, and I thought the battery seeming weak was simply due to not riding it enough. the plugs are all arced up. so that's what also probably killed the battery - been mostly riding around town on battery power only. fortunately the alternator is ok. battery will charge but has a limited capacity now / memory effect.