Basically, I had a small little debate with my friend. Another friend of ours, had his motor rebuilt (ls/vtec). After putting about 5-10 miles on the motor, we dropped the oil pan. We had to fix a oil pan bolt that snapped. (Someone seems to be heavy handed) Upon removing the oil pan, we notice light metal shavings in the pan. Is this normal for a newly rebuilt motor? The only thing he reused was his forged rods. I don't think that should be happening, but my other friend is telling me that that is normal for a new motor. I actually hope he is right, so my friend doesn't have to rebuild his motor.

Please give me some good feedback

 

yes its normal for metal shavings.


follow break in method on the following link below. click and scroll all the way down.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1676914


here i made it easier for you.

Oil changing schedule:
Startup - 30w non detergent, change after warm up
after 20 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 100 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 500 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 1000 miles - your favorite non-syn/synthetic (it is now safe to run synthetic)

 

Shavings are not normal. Maybe youre not using the right description. Shavings are large, like what happens when you sharpen a pencil in the pencil sharpener. Not normal. If its very fine, sand like, and theres not a ton of it, i wouldnt be concerned. Shavings... not so good.

 

What he said. The only time I see metal in my oil pan is when bad things happen

 

When I built my motor, I had these "pearly" objects in my oil. Come to find out they were just all the assembly lube I used. But yeah, metal shavings aren't good.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1.8L_allmotormilitia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes its normal for metal shavings.


follow break in method on the following link below. click and scroll all the way down.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1676914


here i made it easier for you.

Oil changing schedule:
Startup - 30w non detergent, change after warm up
after 20 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 100 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 500 miles - your favorite non-syn
after 1000 miles - your favorite non-syn/synthetic (it is now safe to run synthetic)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks...

The metal shavings were more like pencil shavings after being sharpened. Nothing larger than that, but a few a bit smaller.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pLaTiNumSR20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The metal shavings were more like pencil shavings after being sharpened. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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