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by PatThomas
Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:00 am
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Bronze flakes in oil after cylinder replacement
Replies: 9
Views: 2899

Re: Bronze flakes in oil after cylinder replacement

Thanks for the replies. Miles, you are correct I should have said non-ferrous metal. Opening up the oil filter there was non-magnetic bronze colored fine flakes throughout most of the folds of the filter. Definitely a significant amount of visible sized particles that are coming from somewhere. No o...
by PatThomas
Sat Feb 20, 2021 6:35 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Bronze flakes in oil after cylinder replacement
Replies: 9
Views: 2899

Bronze flakes in oil after cylinder replacement

Hello 170 members - I've read this very informative forum for years but have never posted. I'm hoping for some advice on the following: '52 170B with mid-time C145. Recently at annual one cylinder was replaced with a new Superior cylinder. After 10 hours break-in per Superior's recommendations, oil ...