Found this in the oil

[Johnathan1111]

Hi guys, so recently I have been working on my l76 6.0l I have done
Reconditioned heads
Cleaned lifters
One cylender replaced due to piston slap honed measured and replaced.
1 standard size Conrod bearing measured and replaced
New camshaft as the old one was bad from a bad lifter
New timing chain

now that everything is back together I primed the engine with no spark plugs or injectors then started it up,
It was very loud and had low oil pressure, I don’t have a tool but I know from the check oil light, I turned it off and dropped the oil and found this, non magnetic very fine metal in the sump, what should I check first? I am going to get a rebuild I think because this can’t be good right, so I have posted on another part of the forum asking for good engine rebuild places. But just in case it’s nothing big I want to see where you guys recommend looking first, thanks

 

[Johnathan1111]

 

[Immortality]

Bearing material?

 

[Johnathan1111]

Bearing material?

I thought that, but I have the old bearing and it’s magnetic so I don’t think it is

 

[losh1971]

What brand lifters did you fit? Cheap lifters gall up and cause this.

 

[losh1971]

Other thing is you need to dump the oil fairly quickly after a damaged cam and rebuild as the old metal will still be floating around. If you have low oil pressure the cam bearings are probably damaged as will the crank bearings , most likely.

 

[Immortality]

I thought that, but I have the old bearing and it’s magnetic so I don’t think it is

The top coatings of the bearings are non magnetic, the bearing shell itself will be magnetic.

 

[Johnathan1111]

The lifters were in good condition I changed one of them i got a decent brand not sure what it is but had good reviews and wasn’t cheap, ile find out tomorrow, low oil pressure on start up yeah I guess the bearings might be gone, but won’t they be magnetic ?

 

[shane_3800]

That's bearing Babbitt. It's good you shut her down and saved money as the crank will polish up I suspect.

 

[shane_3800]

The lifters were in good condition I changed one of them i got a decent brand not sure what it is but had good reviews and wasn’t cheap, ile find out tomorrow, low oil pressure on start up yeah I guess the bearings might be gone, but won’t they be magnetic ?

Like siad the shell will be but not the Babbitt.