Ralph, take the filter element and put it in a jar or something that you can seal. Put some solvent in with the filter, and shake the piss out it. Then pour the solvent threw a clean white rag. I use an old T-shirt as a screen filter. This will rinse out what the oil filter trapped, and make it easer to see whats been trapped. I also run a magnet under the material, if it moves it’s ferrous, (magnetic) from the block, rods, crank, etc… . If it doesn’t move it’s not ferrous meaning, bearings, pistons, valve guides, etc… . If you need more in-depth analysis you can send it in for spectrometer analysis. The company will burn the oil and measure the spectrum of light bands that is given off. Different bands of light mean different metal elements. They will send you a list of what they find, and what it means. Costs between 30-50 buck. schick
