I just got my 455 into my car. It started right up. No smoke no noise. So i took it on the freeway for about 20 minutes and no issues and no overheating. I decided i wanted to check the insides of the oil filter so i used a oil Filter cutter then used brake cleaner to clean out the filter and this is what i see. Should i be concerned or is this normal wear and tear? Oil pickup was clogged before but i cleaned it out. Forgot to add this was the original oil filter that.was on the engine when i bought it. I heard it run before it was pulled from the donor car and was testing it out today.
I've never cut up an oil filter. Flush and change the oil and fit a new filter, drive it and if you like cut up the new filter and see how it looks. If there was crap in the filter then it's doing its job.
