22 Tacoma gold metal in oil

I just did an oil change on my 22 Tacoma Trd off-road V6 at 28,000 miles and there was quite a bit of Finegold dust at the bottom of the oil drain pan. Oil has been changed roughly every 6000 miles with mobile one extended performance with factory Toyota oil filter I do Autoglass for the dealers and most technicians I’ve shown and said that’s not good. My lease is up in one month and I planned on buying the truck now I’m not sure. Here’s a video the drain pan was clean prior. I know it’s hard to tell but if you pause, you can definitely see the glitter and there’s quite a bit https://youtube.com/shorts/Z52Sf8O3ui0?si=QtHzIUkLD3Y2ZSHo

 

Send a sample off for analysis. Should give you some better information to decide if you're going to keep the truck or not.

 

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