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I would never put in more than 9 quarts of oil and a pint of Camguard. Measure it on the stick after an oil change. Add a quart of oil with 2oz of CG blended in to it, when it gets below 8 after...

While Camguard is not technically approved for use in turbocharged engines (an FAA personnel ego), it is very helpful for the turbo and the engine at preventing deposits. And one third of our sales...

25 hours after you had cylinder work done a mid time engine is making metal???????

Can you attach a picture?

Have you recently changed your starter?
Have you changed to Aeroshell 15W-50 or PLUS in the last year?
You may want to pull your starter adapter and have a peak.

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Lifters bits look like coffee grounds, cam & starter adapter spring bits like needles. It could be your adapter. I hope it is!

Ed

It sounds like the cam or lifter(s) to me. Pull a a few lifters on one side to check the cam and lifter surfaces. Refer to Continental SID 05-1 before doing anything expensive.

Ed

South Africa - Flown mutiple times per week.

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There was no polishing done to this cam. It had rust that started the spalling process as we have observed over the past 20 years.
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The plane was flown a lot (300hours/1.5 years) but sat for a few weeks at a time. The damage is due to spalling initiated by corrosion. There were rust spots on crank and gears. No rust on the copper...

Aeroshell W100 changed every 50 hours.

Ed

Edward Kollin
Technical Director
Aircraft Specialties Lubrcants

Here is a picture of a Lycoming roller cam with 300 hours and 1 1/2 years old. Engine tear down because of a prop strike when they discovered this. The Lycoming engineers were NOT happy when they saw...

Ney Nozzles only spray pressurized oil when it is above 70-80 degrees.
And the cam will turn 250-1000 revolutions before oil flows from Centrilube cams holes.
Neither addresses a true dry start.
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