"Acceptable" levels of filings clinging to Drain Plug magnet? (M5OD)

[fixizin]

It's more top secret knowledge that never got translated from Japanese, I guess. Not proud that I waited until 80k miles to change the red stuff (which was DARK gray by then, but no weird/burnt smell)... but my gears/bearings/synchros have definitely lost a little weight... what say ye, RKIs??

Then, because I have "Magneto" comic-book superpowers, when I lightly touched the tip of the magnet, the sludge re-arranged itself!

Looks like they gave that crush-washer a right-good crushing at the factory--it never leaked. Torqued the new one to 36 ft-lbs.

 

[superj]

i don't know but it looks cool. like those clear glass or plastic boxes from back in the day with magnetized shavings that you could shake and make new designs with when you were a kid

 

[ericbphoto]

That's 80k miles of accumulation? Looks fine to me. Clean and reinsert before filling with new oil.

 

[rubydist]

That is why the plug has a magnet - to catch that stuff. It doesn't look bad for 80k miles. Nothing to see here, move along...

 

[Elutheros]

When you start finding pieces of bearing cages on there it's about to grenade.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I’d say as long as there’s no big chunks you’re probably good

 

[ericbphoto]

I’d say as long as there’s no big chunks you’re probably good

Define "big chunks".

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Define "big chunks".

Well, the bigger they are the more you should be concerned

 

[fixizin]

Thanks RKIs! I figured as much. I "flushed" it with about 3/4 pint before replacing the drain plug, and nothing visible washed out.

The improvement in shifting wasn't immediate, but as I drive it more it must be squeezing the old crap out of its nooks and forks and synchros, cuz it be smoothing out... not that it was bad or noisy before, just a bit "stiff"... I'll stick a white rag in the FILL hole in a few hundred miles and see if it's still clear and red...