Help My Engine is Making Metal

At a routine oil change, your mechanic discovers metal in your engine's oil filter. Now what? Maintenance expert Mike Busch has dealt with such scenarios hundreds of times, and offers a detailed roadmap. Savvy Aviation offers Professional Maintenance Services to owners of General Aviation aircraft, such as: Savvy Mx (Professional Maintenance Management), Savvy QA (Expert Consulting), Savvy Prebuy, SavvyAnalysis (Engine Data Analysis) and Savvy Breakdown Assistance. For more info see savvyaviation.com and www.sportys.com/pilotshop/spor.... This channel offers videos about those services, and webinars hosted by Mike Busch which were produced by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and sponsored by Aircraft Spruce and Specialty.

[@MichaelCzajka]

A simple way to reduce wear is to bond a lubricant to the metal.
The wear reduction varies from 50-90%... although in aircraft testing the wear was reduced 80-90%
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[@tvrtko8211]

Great video!

[@pauleyplay]

What you are showing is not oil nozzles. It is a roll pin used to retain rod bolt nuts

[@hermandierks6702]

No, you are wrong Listen to what Mike said, he is correct.

[@patriotsfan1236]

fantastic video!

[@88MasterBuck]

Mike, one thing you said is absolutely not true, I've had Blackstone analyze my filter pleats MANY times.

[@denisranque1536]

How is silicon related to dirt in the oil analysis?

[@savvyaviation]

Silicon IS dirt...its the largest component of what we call dirt in oil. A high silicon count in your oil analysis means you've got an air leak past your air filter.

[@flier3346]

Does the information presented, and lycomings recommendations, assume a 50 hour oil change, in terms of the amount of metal found on the filter?

[@GalenCop9]

What do you think of the CHALLENGER CP48111C re-usable OIL FILTER for aviation?

[@EeeBeee2]

Won't the big stuff create excess small stuff that will be seen on the oil filter though?