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      04-27-2022, 10:56 PM   #24
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I’d worry about the abrasiveness of carbon black soot which circulates in much higher quantities in oil in GDI engines than a tiny amount of metallic sludge that accumulates on a drain plug that would be caught in the oil filter before recirculating, if of a sufficient size to cause any bearing scoring.

This research on CB abrasiveness indicates that oil can accumulate quite a payload of CB particles even at fairly low mileages and especially with rich mixtures, characteristic of aftermarket tunes: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstr...PhD-Thesis.pdf
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