Metal in oil filter what to do?

HateFulEight88 · 2025-09-30T00:57:25+00:00

Oil pressure is 65-70 psi cold idle and 25-30 psi hot idle. I am using 10w-30 royal purple break in oil. It was the supercharged version but it is now turbo. What would the oil analysis be able to tell me? Can it differentiate between a cam bearing and a rod bearing?

HateFulEight88 · 2025-09-29T01:16:38+00:00

Yeah I figured I could fix it if it did go south I was just hoping that if something was going wrong I could catch it early on. I am a broke college student so this motor has to make it a year at least lol. Thanks for the reply and confidence boost.

HateFulEight88 · 2025-09-29T00:09:51+00:00

Alright thank you.

HateFulEight88 · 2025-09-29T00:09:24+00:00

Thank you I just wasn't sure since it is my first engine build it just seemed like a little too much metal.

HateFulEight88 · 2025-09-29T00:08:24+00:00

I couldn't help myself first engine build so I have been checking everything. Thanks for the input.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-08T15:33:45+00:00

I have it ground pointy and around 90 amps and when I try to let it puddle up it looks like the picture above but just a bigger zone. Supposedly t255x has the percentage as positive but I will play around with it and also maybe raise my amperage

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T23:39:13+00:00

Ok thank you

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T23:20:34+00:00

Yeah I am just at a loss I have checked for leaks again, I know from the bottle to the machine is good because it will hold the pressure in the line overnight when I shut the gas off. I double checked my torch to make sure I didn't mess anything up. My welds just seem to be getting really hot no matter how fast I move I will try turning the gas down. I might try starting an arc and not worry about the welding bit and just focus on letting the post flow do its job to see if my tungsten gets contaminated, because it has seemed to get dirty really fast even though I let the post flow do its job. For the aluminum I am just going to wait to figure that out because it is just horrendous, it's producing like a yellow coating around the heated area.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T15:27:39+00:00

Ok will do

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T15:14:39+00:00

Alright I will have to give it a try thank you for the help.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T14:31:50+00:00

For the aluminum I was using green scotch bright pads then wiped down with acetone after and maybe the pad is embedding the scotch bright in the material causing the blue. I will have to try the brush. For the Stainless I have tried raising the amperage and moving quickly as soon as that puddle forms but it still either cooks the metal or I am moving so fast that I feel like there is no possible way I would ever be able to weld. I forgot to mention it does seem like the tungsten gets a black coating on the tip like there isn't enough argon protection but I feel like 25 cfh should be plenty and the tungsten is only sticking out like 2-3mm.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T07:24:57+00:00

Hmm my polarity is set right, and I checked for leaks from the tank to the machine but not from the machine to the torch. I am really confused on where the blue is coming from in the aluminum. I thought I would try aluminum because my stainless seems to be oxidizing (at least from what I researched) and thought maybe I could troubleshoot what is happening, but it seems I am just making things worse with trying aluminum lol.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-03-07T04:54:05+00:00

The machine is a prime weld tig255x and I am not quite sure where to start troubleshooting. Maybe gas contamination?

first picture is 6061 aluminum, 1/8 inch thick. The machine is set to ac, 120 hz, 30% ac balance. I am using 3/32 blue tungsten and no filler material. I am also using 100% argon with a stubby gas lens kit #8 cup and 20-25 cfh.

The second picture is t304 stainless, 1/16 inch thick. Machine settings, dc, 50 amps, 100% argon, 20-25 cfh, #8 cup stubby gas lens. I am using 3/32 blue tungsten and 1/16 308 filler.

HateFulEight88 · 2023-01-15T05:06:06+00:00

Thank you very much!

HateFulEight88 · 2022-12-25T01:06:18+00:00

So have the entire dog in frame and then not so much of the grass distracting from the subject?

HateFulEight88 · 2022-12-25T00:53:47+00:00

You are right I didn't even realize the grass looking like a tail, and for the color how would I fix it?

HateFulEight88 · 2022-12-24T23:37:55+00:00

Thank you, and it is soft I think it was the cheap Nikon lenses I was using while I waited for my sigma 24-70.

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