In a message dated 9/12/01 9:43:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
wxman@hotmail.com writes:
> Hello,
> I am a Durango 4.7L owner, but come here often to lurk for good advice. My
> truck has 21500 miles on it and today when I changed the oil (Mobile 1 every
> 3.5K miles with PureOne filter) there was stuff that looked like flakes of
> paint in the oil I drained out. I took samples to two different dealers and
> each of them said it was some of the coating material off of the pistons and
> was nothing to worry about. This was 1/2 teaspoon of "paint flakes" in my
> oil, clogging who knows what ports, etc., and I am not supposed to worry.
> Has anyone heard of this with the 4.7 engine and should I take their advice
> and let it go?
>
> TIA
> Wxman
>
>
>
I would have it analized by one of those companies that do that.
Someone here should have the addy. In fact you may get a deal
from being in the Dak group. Oh, yeah, you have a Dang-o : )
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