ZDriver96

have metal shavings on the tip of my drain plug..
synthetic is brown (100 miles on synthetic)
Synthetic was put in at about 500 miles after 2 regular changes...

**** this. stupid *** ****ing cars. so much ****ing time building this thing and checking up on everything and it still ****ing breaks... ****ing 355 my ***. ****ing stupid *** bearings.. there goes 3000 dollars..

Josh'95Z28conv

Thats going to be normal for the first few oil changes. Just dont beat the hell out of it for a while. How many miles are on it?

ZDriver96

its not normal.. there should be no ****ing shavings in there like that.. theres 550 miles on it.

Jon A

So, running a car with no oil pressure causes a spun bearing and it's the car's fault?

ZDriver96

i didnt run it with low oil pressure..
Oil pressure was fine for 500+ miles.. Ran it hard 1st through 2nd gear and then it dropped... drove it home, dropped to 0 in the garage, turned it off... started it again twice.. and both times idled fine with normal pressure...

slimdawson

Maybe you should blame your engine builder. Don't hear of any stock LT1s chewing up stuff.

1 Nasty Bird

So you beat the hell out of a motor with only 500 miles on it? and its the engines fault it had problems? I owuldnt beat on it till at least 1000 miles and a couple dozen heat cycles. Oh and ya id bitch at your motor builder to. Good built motor should have taken what you did, you still shouldnt have done it though. Oh and YES some shavings ona fresh motor IS normal usually. Wait till you cut open that oil filter lol. NOt huge giant shaving buut some small ones are normal ona frsh motor, called breaking in.

Now before you feel like killing me (prolly too late), you said it started and had good oil pressure? Does it go low when itw arms up? Is ita stock gauge or a good quality autometer? Is it LOW on oil? COuld you be accelerating so hard teh oil walked up the back of the pan and starved the pickup? Could the pickup have fallen off or be set too high up in the pan. DOnt throw wrenches at the car just yet. Find out whats going on first man.

RMC

Oh you just got to know Leon. A twitchy nervous little fellow. After the last meltdown the slightest tick or noise sends him into delusional flashback bringing with it fears of catastrophic failure.

Now Leon when they say break-in period that doesn't mean you actually break it.

Just change the oil and filter and do some more cautious driving before you step on it. Make sure there are no more oil pressure drops in regular driving conditions. Then you can start to determine if it's a windage type problem or the oil climbing up the pan by doing some part throttle action and then eventually full throttle blasts.

It was probably just normal break in material and the low pressure was unrelated problem due to windage or something.

WS Sick

Is there any tapping noise? (that you can feel in the car while driving) Did you have enough oil in it?

Seal

shavings in the motor for the 1st 500 is ok man...

it happens when u even put a new cam in there

WS Sick

Are you running a high volume oil pump?

Yeah shavings in the first few oil changes are pretty much the norm, You never know , they could have been hidden in some passages from the machine shop, main reason to clean block absolutely through and through when you get it back from the machinist.

But the no oil pressure for a moment is what bugs me, was it while in the gas or just setting there, or driving normal?

WS Sick

Read this thread in "advanced tech".

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291963

Thay talk about metal shavings in new engines as normal as well.

ZDriver96

Oil came about brown... not dark brown but a medium brown.. after 100 miles.
Shavings were about enough to fill up a Dime.
Car also almost stalled at idle range on the way home... like if i threw it in neutral and coasted or sat at a light.

I was accelerated hard 1st through 2nd gear. I was not watching the PSI but had been watching the PSI for about 500+ miles and it was perfect.

The engine shop that built it said that i could rev the hell out of it after 50 miles if i wanted to.
Everything.. Everything but the oil shaft and the XE230/236 are new in the bottom end. I do have a windage tray in the car but had to lower it about an inch so it'd clear the rod bolts. pick up and oil pump are new.

Oil pressure and idle were normal after i shut it off at the house and then started it up again.. On the way home the oil pressure was about right but seemed to be acting maybe just a bit weird.. still unsure.

1 Nasty Bird

ya you just have the fresh motor jitters, the near stall was prolly just a tuning bug or something. If it was a spun bearing youd have a knock or no oil pressure by now. I still think the pickup went dry or if its the stock gauge maybe the wire harness to it is loose.

93redbird

Leon, who built the engine... PLEASE PLEASE DONT TELL ME IT WAS ENGINE LAB?

Tim