Dave Black writes: > > As soon > as I got home, I drained out the oil, and it looked awfull! Not sludgy > looking, but almost like it was diluted with something! It also had > a silvery sheen to it as it sat in the drain pan (I thought it might > be metal shavings, but I couldn't see any when I took a sample between > my thumb and forefinger). It could be too fine to see that way. More like metal dust. If it is "shinier" than fresh oil then it's likely you have a big problem. Like Muir says, you should consider tearing the engine apart now, before it gets expensive. Especially with that counterweighted crank - you don't want anything to happen to that puppy, cause they cost a pretty penny. > Am I overly worried about this? That noise can't be good, or is it > normal for relatively cool engine? I think you are underly worried about this. You should not hear any knocking, with the possible exception of a very gentle knock the first 5 seconds before the oil is circulating. -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
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