Yes you do get a little more wear metals showing up in the oil analysis when
the engine is still breaking in but when you see high silicone levels this is
do to a leaking induction system ( junk K&N) I have said this in the past and
am doing a test between the open element K&N and a open paper element and the
results will be very eye opening to everyone ( I hope )
See Ya
colin
Eric wrote:
> >Lead is higher than iron, lead is from bearings.
>
> Mike,
>
> You will always have some lead from bearings on a new engine. Thats why i'm
> always change my oil at 600 miles on my own new engines. Next change every
> 3000 miles.
> Last week i put a shortblock (318) in a 98 truck, after running the engine
> for about 20 hours i had to take the oilpan off because of a faulty rear
> main seal from factory, you should have seen the amount of lead from
> bearings in that oilpan? But thats normal for a new engine, so don't assume
> that the K/N filter is to blame for all of your lead in oilsample. Hope i
> could get you in a better mode.
>
> Swede/
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