Metal chip from engine oil

Duh!!! How else would I have my ham, cheese and 5w30 for lunch?

 

What it's really good for is knowing the life left in your oil of choice.

Most folks change way too often, especially if they are syn users.

Now how long you can safely use a fill depends on both the oil and your engines health. And to be really valuable, you have to be consistent with the oil you choose.

But it's worth it for a one time shot so you know what your OCI should fall around.

 

I’ve eaten pizza under my 88 bronco, while being covered in oil, tranny fluid, and whatever else was under there lol. Makes you stronger

 

And now we know!
The reason why women have a longer life expectancy.

 

Most American pizza is already greasy, so not sure how you'd know the difference.

And yes, ingestion of automotive fluids, along with dirt and blood, are a staple in the life of a enthusiastic DIY'r.

I mean taste, smell and color are how you tell the various fluids apart, right?

 

You are a true mechanic when you can tell the difference between the different fluids by taste alone. Coolant tastes best

 

I use 80/90 gear oil to soften my hair

 

I use it for styling when I want to look like the fonz

 

Can confirm that rmz250 oil strainer looks like an old war weapon after oil change and she keeps performing better with time.

Hypochondriac for sure.

 

I wouldn't like seeing something like that in my oil either. Some random metal piece from the engine.

But at this age and mileage, I'm more of a fan of the listen test. Listen to you engine run after a cold start, then listen to it run on the highway. If something bad is going on, you can hear changes. Changes in the sound at high mileage isn't good But if you don't hear anything...it's good. You own a Toyota, drive it until the wheels fall off...

 

Call an FFA inspector, your truck is grounded.

 

Future farmers of America?

 

I thought they just oil checked cows?

 

@Avi8tor so all we've seen so far is a fleck of something not metal colored stuck to your drain plug! What the hell is it? is it actually metal? Is it a tiny piece of rat poop? Has your engine blown up yet?

 

If it ain't smoking or knocking just keep changing the oil in it and check the dipstick often. Most likely nothing to worry about and itll go another 150k miles.
My buddy had a ram charger as a extra vehicle that even though didnt get driven much knocked for 5 years before he sold it. I'm sure it had alot of flakes of metal in the oil.
Also the little peice could just be a peice of slag or whatever that's leftover from casting the blocks that just now chipped off.

 

Diagnosing a low oil press issue !!!

Yes those are cracks !!! , engine still ran but had very low oil pressure . Upon disassembly the intake and oil pan were the only thing holding this block together !!! It cracked in half down the cam journal

 

Comparing a single cylinder dirt bike motor that shares the slippery brown stuff with its trans and a multi-cylinder truck motor that doesn't is kinda apples and oranges. You get chunks of metal in your dirt bike oil screens/filters because you're hammering through the gears and abusing the clutch, but also because an innately out-of-balance thumper is designed to have its service life measured in hundreds of hours, not thousands like the 1GR-FE. I know the urban legend about the guy with the KLR or DRZ getting 100k out of its 35hp motor, but a modern multi-cylinder is just getting loosened up at that point.

I wouldn't be overly concerned about the OP's chunk but I would keep my eye on it.

 

If that piece was found on the drain plug, why is the drain plug perfectly clean? Was the drain plug cleaned then the piece put back on it? Or is this staged?

 

Looks like the break-off tang from a heli-coil. Don't want it circulating in the oil system, but the filter would have contained it ...eventually.