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Checking the oil level in my wife's C250 yesterday, I found shavings just pulling up the dipstick and they were attracted to a magnet. This is at the end of a service interval (oil is ready to be changed, but hasn't been yet). I'll change oil, cut open the filter and send Blackstone a sample this weekend expecting the worst, but I wondered if this is a common W204 failure mechanism? What all in this engine could make ferrous metal shavings? Crankshaft or camshaft failure?
After cleaning the filter element with gasoline and separating everything out with a magnet, this is what I found. Seems like a lot to me, but Mercedes has a long oil change interval, and I don't usually cut open automotive filters. Any thoughts? Thanks.
02-17-2022, 10:37 AM
