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Anyone else seeing this much Metal on their Spyder's oil drain plug?

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Just did the second oil change on my 2015 F3 that I bought new 3 months ago. When I did the first oil change, there was tons of metal on the magnetic drain plug. So now that it has 13500 miles time for the second and the same thing. Is anyone else seeing this?

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My engine is a 2014 and the oil changes at 7,359 and 14,100 total miles showed no such particles on the transmission plug magnet. I put Dimple plugs in at the 14K change and am particularly interested to see what will be on the crankcase drain plug at the next change that is due in about 1K.
 
JayBros said:
My engine is a 2014 and the oil changes at 7,359 and 14,100 total miles showed no such particles on the transmission plug magnet. I put Dimple plugs in at the 14K change and am particularly interested to see what will be on the crankcase drain plug at the next change that is due in about 1K.
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Thank you for the info
 
Looks bad, there must be something not normal. I hope its just left over dirt but you need to be vigilant. You should let the dealer and show this evidence. Good luck.
 
I also have a 1330 engine, and my first oil change at 2200 had some metal, but not as bad as yours. I have now done five and it's not really very noticeable except for that first one. My last three changes had the Gold plugs fitted. Mike :thumbup:
 
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I had the same thing on my two oil changes on my 2015 F3. I don't think it'd out of the ordinary. Is yours an SM6 or an SE6? Mine's an SM6.
 
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I just recently got my first Spyder it's a 2015 F3-S/SE6 with 1,500 miles does it come standard with a OEM magnetic oil plug?

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BLUEKNIGHT911 said:
I also have a 1330 engine, and my first oil change at 2200 had some metal, but not as bad as yours. I have now done five and it's not really very noticeable except for that first one. My last three changes had the Gold plugs fitted. Mike :thumbup:
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:agree: My first had some metal on the trans plug, everything else good ever since. Really see no metal at all on mine now.
 
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Do a search on this...I think Lamont posted something about metal on his F3 drain plugs sometime ago??? larryd
 
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Consider getting the Dimple plugs. Based on my research, I found them "cheap" insurance. :thumbup:
 
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murphybrown said:
Consider getting the Dimple plugs. Based on my research, I found them "cheap" insurance. :thumbup:
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Unfortunately, there have been a few posts recently of the "DIMPLE" brand plug FAILING - one with catastrophically expensive results! From PICS it may be the hole drilled to put the Magnet in is too large and weakens the THREADED wall and it breaks. The "GOLD" brand appears to not have this issue. In any case, be Very very careful how much Torque you apply to either one. :lecturef_smilie: If it leaks, just tighten a bit more. :2thumbs: JMHO... Mike :thumbup:
 
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Spyder_Ryder said:
I just recently got my first Spyder it's a 2015 F3-S/SE6 with 1,500 miles does it come standard with a OEM magnetic oil plug?

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According to the BRP parts lists for the 2014 and 2015 1330 engines, the part number for the crankcase drain plug, 420441681, is the same for both engines and there is no magnet in that plug. The only magnet is in the clutch cover, a.k.a. transmission, drain plug. That's one of the reasons why some folks switch to Dimple or Gold Plug brand plugs because there is a magnet in each plug in addition to the plugs having hex heads.
 
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