Oil Plug
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Oil Plug
This is a shot of the residue left on the magnetic drain plug. I get that they make them magnetic to catch stuff like this but I'm thinking that this may be a bit excessive. Anybody that's changed their oil that would comment I'd appreciate it.
LS7 with 9000 miles
LS7 with 9000 miles
Last edited by meanjoe; Jan 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM.
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I have the same mileage as you do. I'm also not sure what it looked like before on the last change, I wasn't there to see it. And right now I'm thinking what if the last guy didn't wipe it off? Then this is maybe from 2 or 3 oil changes. Too much stuff to look after on these cars.
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If there since new, no biggie. If it had an oil change before, it seems a bit excessive to me. Looks like you bought the car used, and without maintenance history, so I'd send an oil sample for evaluation to see what's going on. Good luck.
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So now I'm not sure what to think.
I did buy the car used but with only 2400 miles on it.
