Strange - if I found gold flakes in my oil, I'd keep running it and changing oil every day to mine the gold. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Dave Daniels <dwaynedaniels at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Bill, > > Drain the oil and look for gold flakes in the oil. If you find them, you've spun a rod bearing. >