02-04-2013, 8:39pm
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Originally Posted by LT4fun
We've got an old '98 Honda Accord that we use to haul the dog around in, and it's got a magnetic drain plug on the automatic transmission. The first time I went to change the automatic transmission fluid(I'm thinking it was around 100,000 miles), I noticed that the drain plug was absolutely covered with very fine ferrous particles.
It didn't seem to hurt the transmission any as we have put many thousands of miles on that transmission and I have changed the fluid a couple of times since then too.
I think if it was mine I would put in a new cam and lifters. Reassemble everything back together, change the oil, then run it for a little while. I'd then take an oil sample and send it off to see if metal particles are still being generated in the oil.
Of course if the engine has a ton of miles on it, then I'd probably be looking to rebuild it or swapping it out for another.
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101k on the clock.
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