Metal shaving on vent plugs
 

Hello,

2005 496 ho 650 hours. After 20 years I finally decided to change drive oil instead of having my dealer do it. I’m concerned with the amount of metal shavings that are on the plugs. Based o what I have seen on previous posts it looks like there could be an issue? No problems with shifting.
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Something is starting to take a $hit.

You could refill it
Run it a bit on hose
Shift etc
Then use a vacuum extractor with the small tube and get in there see what comes out

Then refill and check it in say 10 hrs
Just draining, never gets all the stuff out
Do you have a reference from when dealer did the fluid change?
Not having that bit of data.
Plug could be same ...
Tech never wiped it clean
You need to baseline your unit and go from there
An oil analysis could help to,
But if you never did one before, it would be a baseline

Probably would be a good idea to pull the drives now and have them “gone thru” by a reputable drive technician to evaluate and refresh them. I guarantee it will be money well spent. Good luck. Where in the country are you located. We can then recommend a shop for you.

I wouldn`t run that. Those shards didn`t just come from nowhere , your gears are chipping and it`s only matter of time before the drive lets go and cost twice as much to fix.

Hello,

thank you for the replies. I gave pics to my dealer and they are going to pull outdrive and check it out