sick to my stomach at what i found

[gordon]

I changed my engine oil the other day and this is what i found at the bottom of my catch pan of used oil, it is a 07 Mastiff with only 10234 miles on it. If you cant tell from the pics that is aluminum shavings

 

[RAW Blue Rider]

Might be OK

Not real big hunks:up:

Depending on how many oil changes and how thorough they were these might be left over from assembly/manufacturing.

If there are no other issues I would suggest a thorough flush (see posts on getting out the last of your dirty oil) maybe even using plain (cheap) motor oil, re-fill and riding real gentle and then change again after a couple hundred miles to see if there are any more *sparkles*.

Hopefully it's just some stuff that didn't get flushed out before.:up:

Happy Motoring!
RAW

 

[gordon]

Thanks man --- but my rear head lifters are making more noise the usual

 

[KLRDOG]

I see that everytime...9 year Big Dog owner.

 

[gordon]

Really wow i would think it should not be there at all --- but man i hope your right

 

[chacha]

Might not be as bad as it looks. Try adjusting the pushrods to see if that clears the lifter noise. Flush as mentioned is a good idea as well. Next time, run a magnet through the bucket to see if anything sticks -- the aluminum is a lesser worry that other ferrous metals showing up.

 

[gordon]

well i adj the pushrods and that did take care of my lifter noise now i'll get some more oil and flush out the system

 

[jaggerz]

If you still have your old oil filter you could cut it open and check how much debris is in it. There are always some flakes found in the filter.

 

[reloaderbmg]

milage? type of oil? how do you ride?. miles between oil changers?

 

[gordon]

as in my first post the milage is 10234 i had the maintenance done at the bigdog dealers the first 500 in columbus GA and the rest at Carl's in Daytona at 2500, 5000, 75026 and i just did the 10234.
i ride some what EZ most of the time but with spirts of balls to the walls up to 90 or so just for that rush