My '02 Z has 5.8K miles on it. I just chaned the oil for the first time (dealer did the first one) and I noticed small metal filings stuck to the magnet in the oil plug. There wasn't much, but definitely enough to notice. The filing are very small, almos like what you would see in a magna doodle or something. Is this normal, or should I take it in to the dealer?

 

should get less and less.. how many times have you changed the oil so far?

 

In my Z28, I only got to do a handfull of oil changes before the car was totalled, but each time, there were a few metal bits on the drain plug. (glad it's magnetic) I was told that it was normal.

However, in the WS6, I haven't found a single flake of metal on the plug when I change the oil.


Curious ....

 

That should be the 3rd oil change its pretty comman like was said ealyer it will get less and less.. the car is getting broken in thats all. Watch out for big pieces of metal thats when you worrie.

 

Same here, the first few oil changes I notices small metal flakes and it gets better and better.

 

when i put a new ls1 in my Z i noticed, i changed the oil at 500miles, 3k, and 5k try to change the oil frequently if u wanna get the shavings out soon but it will be less and less eveytime.