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14-12-2011, 10:24 AM
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At the last two oil changes I have noticed some very fine flecks of brass inthe oil. The car has an oil change every 3 months and is AU1 on gas. Has any one got an idea what brass bits insiide the motor are wearing out? btw the car has done 300,000 kays.
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14-12-2011, 01:28 PM
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6 or 8?
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14-12-2011, 06:56 PM
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Sorry mate, its a six.
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15-12-2011, 01:11 AM
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Brass? You'll be pushing **** uphill to find brass inside one of those engines....
Definitely not magnetic? Have a listen with a screwdriver or extension bar as a stethoscope, see if you can find a noisy spot. Most likelly it's off the cam beds, but another possibility is what used to be the dizzy cam. The bearings on those sometimes give up then the chain pulls the cam through the block :( That's easy to check - remove the cam timing sensor (with engine at TDC) and hand crank the engine while measuring cam runout.
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15-12-2011, 04:07 AM
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Oh dear.
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15-12-2011, 11:23 AM
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erm, what's an oil pump in an AU made out of?
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Case-hardened steel, mostly.
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