I use brad penn oil in mine.

 

Just the regular 5w30?

 

Yea thats fine. Have used 10w30 and 20w50 in the past.

 

Would it make sense to switch to something heavier in the summer or no?

 

Will this block the intercooler too much?[IMG][/IMG]

 

So I just drained the oil in my truck to redo the turbo drain, im gonna tap the front of the pan. Well when my oil what draining I noticed it shimmers and it definitely has metal flakes in it, no chunks but silver flakes, I did a cam swap so are my cam bearings toast now? It didnt make any out of the ordinary noises. I havent cut open the filter yet im letting it drain still, hopefully I wont find anything bad....

 

cut the oil filter open and look at it.

 

So i opened up the filter and theres no chunks or big pieces just the flaky stuff thats like really fine glitter it looks like. I had 40 psi after i put the cam in and then it dropped to 35 when i put the turbo on (truck has yet to be tuned or dynoed)

 

Any way you could upload a picture. I can upload a few of when my bearings went to ****. Mine didn't have any big chunks in the filter. Just the dust/flakes like your describing.

 

Well fml, if i take the cam out will i be able to tell they are bad right away? I dont wanna ruin the brand new cam if it isnt already... I read that putting a nic in the bearing could do this? I mean i was careful so i thought but this was the first time i tore into an engine