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which way does oil flow?

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Hi all,

Notice a few black plastic pieces in the oil filter. It is on the outside of the filter, the inner core side is clean as a whistle. Does the outside get oil flowed towards the inside after circulating through the engine or is it from the inside out?

I am hoping it is not sign of disaster...

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thanks!

I have attached my picture of dissecting my filter.

I saw various pieces of black rubber. The longest piece is 1 cm (length) x 2mm width. It looks to be flat on one side and semi circular on the other side.

The red one circles are the black pieces I found.

The other picture is one black piece against the ruler.

There are only a few metallic speckles here and there (may be like 4 or 5). The mileage on this engine is around 20,000miles .The car is an 05 but got a remanufactured engine from Porsche in '08. Would these black plastic pieces still due to engine breaking in? Or would it be Porsche didn't clean up the engine during remanufacturing and those are left overs?

Or simply the IMS is on its path to destruction?

I thought the '08 remanufactured engine would have the latest bearing and IMS bearing problems would be least likely to happen. Please advice. Kind of fearful of what would happen.

Thanks

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I wouldn't freak out about it.

It could be silicone and the metal could just be normal wear.

If it were me I would just clean it up (and i've been there before seeing more debris), I would just keep an eye on it. Perhaps change the filter in a 100 miles or so and cut it apart. You can change the filter without changing or draining the oil.

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