Metal shavings at 15.5 hrs

robertboley

23 KTM 350sxf.  Is it normal at 15.5 hours to still have shavings in the oil?IMG 3682

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btroxler 9/28/2023 10:00am
9/28/2023 10:00am

How often have you changed oil? Or is this your first oil change?

Typically you can see some, very hard to get all out from the machining processes. I would watch closely maybe change you oil again in 2-3 hrs and see if you see any more

robertboley 9/28/2023 10:50am
9/28/2023 10:50am

I change oil about every 3-4 hours and filter every other.  probably my 5th oil change.

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dansfx 9/28/2023 11:18am
9/28/2023 11:18am

I have 13 hours on mine and have not seen anything like that.  I did have a little bit of trash on the filter screen of the first oil change but that was it.

GoggleFiend904 9/28/2023 12:32pm
9/28/2023 12:32pm

IMG 2574This was at 8 hours on my 23 350. I’m not really concerned, but the oil change at 4 hours didn’t have pieces like this. I’ve been told it’s normal 

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Factor E 9/29/2023 2:09am
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Open up the filter

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wrc777 9/29/2023 5:25am
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What does the screen look like? Have you been pulling it and cleaning it at every oil change?

robertboley 9/29/2023 12:54pm
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wrc777 wrote:

What does the screen look like? Have you been pulling it and cleaning it at every oil change?

Yea metal screen was clean.  I kinda tried to knock on the filter to see if anything big came out and nothing.  I should have cut it open to really see.

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wrc777 9/29/2023 1:22pm
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wrc777 wrote:

What does the screen look like? Have you been pulling it and cleaning it at every oil change?

robertboley wrote:
Yea metal screen was clean.  I kinda tried to knock on the filter to see if anything big came out and nothing.  I should have cut...

Yea metal screen was clean.  I kinda tried to knock on the filter to see if anything big came out and nothing.  I should have cut it open to really see.

You can just pull back the folds on the filter to get a look without having to cut it open. If there isn’t any metal in the screen there isn’t much in the oil. How did the magnetic drain plug look?

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seth505 9/29/2023 1:35pm
9/29/2023 1:35pm Edited Date/Time 9/30/2023 1:50am

I had some of those arc/semi circle shavings in my KTMs (both 250sx and 250f). They both ran great and never had engine issues.

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robertboley 9/29/2023 4:37pm
9/29/2023 4:37pm
wrc777 wrote:
You can just pull back the folds on the filter to get a look without having to cut it open. If there isn’t any metal in...

You can just pull back the folds on the filter to get a look without having to cut it open. If there isn’t any metal in the screen there isn’t much in the oil. How did the magnetic drain plug look?

Drain plug was clean with nothing.

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