This is a sad story. No one who just purchased a new car should have to go through this. No wonder Ford and GM are going bankrupt. I am having metal flake trouble in my oil as well on my 1996 Mustang with 3.8 liter V6. but at least its 11 years old! Do not listen to the people at the dealer. About a year after I bought my Mustang it started leaking oil out of the front of the water pump. They told me it was the front crank seal. After going back to the mechanic and showing him where it was leaking from he insisted it was leaking from the crank seal and being thrown up on to the front of the engine so I figured he is the expert he must Know more than me. Guesse what after pulling half the front of my motor off and replcing a pefectly good crank seal it still leaked. So I took it to another dealer and sure enoungh it was just a matter of sealing the waterpump bolt with some teflon. Don't trust these mechanicis they will milk you even if the car is still under warranty!

What kind of oil filters are you guys using that won't filter out those metal particles? Seems its not getting the job done? Either that or they are not really metal particles.

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micbial is correct. While 20wt oils are for fuel efficiency (CAFE), they are using better base oils and better additive technology. 5w-20 wt oils have shown to be as good or better than 30wt grades. Ford tested Motorcraft's 5w-20 vs 5w-30 in the Mustang and the 5w-20 performed better.

The oil filter is not intended to filter out metal. Its intended to clean out the combustion crud.

If it did metals you would never see a level.

It all depends on micron sizes

I cannot speak to your issue, but I have a small suggestion. Get a "40 pound" magnet from "lee valley" put it on the side of your oil filter. Then you will have some "ferrous samples" to work with trapped on the inside wall of your filter if you need them.