Scored Main Cap Bearing - Ouch

blewbyoutobad said

Update! Last oil change at 50 miles had a lot of metallics in it. Changed it yesterday and drove it today about 30. Drained oil when I got home and I am not seeing any of the metallic looking material. Put in a clear container and shined a LED light in it, cant see anything. I will drive it 100 now and do another oil change and send a sample in for testing.

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Sounds like success to me. Congrats! With excellent oil pressure and a clean oil system you should do well for a lot of miles. Keep in mind that when oil is cold and thick not all of it will pass thru the filter element. So some of it will go thru the bypass in the filter, and if you rev the engine when it is cold, and some 'dirty' oil will get into the oiling system. Fear not. some old engines didn't come with any oil filter at all. Fram makes a mid-grade filter that has a screen in the bypass.