Hello Gents!

Would like to say hello to everyone, as this is my first post

I've been looking for an answer on the forum, but seems that my searching abilities are wack.

Hence the question:
Recently I've bought a 1990 750P Paso with 27k km's on the clock. While changing the engine oil, I've encountered metal shavings on the oil plug (see attached link for photo: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0PZn ... 0hmeGt3elk)

From my initial investigation it seems that this could be the gearbox "shaving" off?

What do you guys think?

Cheers!

could also be a loose crankshaft plug but I`m not sure if the plug is aluminium in which case you`d find particles on the mesh filter not on the magnet.

True! Thanks for the remark. I am also not aware whether this model had alu gallery plugs...

I checked the mesh filter and it was totally clean.

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Crank plug metal looks more like nail clippings. And in aluminum.
Are the metal on plug magnetic?

Yes, magnetic. Approx. 2-4mm long 'strips/particles' of metal...

It looks like shards of gear material but there is an awful lot of it. How has the sprag clutch for the starter been behaving? A friend had the sprag on his Monster fail and it produced a lot of similar metallic particles.

Good point with the sprag clutch! Although, I believe it is running good at this point, no sounds that would indicate a malfunction (I checked it with a stethoscope )

I'm attaching also a video of the engine starting/running -> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0PZn ... k5Ma0pEU0U