interesting conversation about draining oil

[rboe]

I finally changed the oil on the Griso (it's been pretty darn cool and even rainy since it came back from the shop after having it's tappets upgraded from flat to rollers) and I decided to do a cool drain as I didn't want to cycle any crap from the disintegrating flat tappet coatings around the motor any more than needed. I also dropped the sump to inspect it for said crud laying around in the bottom (no ribs, just the depression for the pickup for the oil - my bad - although it did have some corners ).

Well I found this white stuff that looked all the world to be a fine grained contaminant so I stressed out a bit and posted pics of it over on grisoghetto.com. Chief mechanic said it looked like mayo to him.

So, if the oil is not warm enough to suspend nicely any moisture you may see what I saw - and perhaps freak a bit. Here is what it looked liked in the drain pan and sump.