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Re: When is too much metal, enough to call for a new engine?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/30/2019

My experience has been that when you have that much debris, it has likely plugged the oil filter and caused the bypass to open, flooding everything with debris.

A complete disassembly would be required to assess the engine condition, but you can pop off a co... Login to read more.