First time changing my own oil. Do I cry now or not?
This is my 2014 Ford fusion Hybrid SE. 2L 4 cyl engine.
I usually get the oil changed at whatever store has a coupon available but always spend on their top tier. I change at regular intervals. 3 months OR 6 thousand miles, whichever comes first.
I recently just spent a tonne on tools to start working on things myself and learning, so did my first oil change, all when smooth but I noticed these flakes in the picture.
For what it's worth I didn't notice any particular shimmer to the oil just noticed these flakes in the top of the pan when I went back out to the garage later.
Idk if this is normal, or if I should be preparing my wallet.
Engine sounds and runs great, no misfires no roughness.
EDIT: So i went out about bought a pair of Tin snips / Aviator snips and for the life of me can't open the filter.
The flakes in the collection pan seem to be debris of some kind, and i think i was a little stupid. The old oil filter was a bitch to get off and required me to use an oil filter wrench, it seems the white paint flaked off and into the debris pan.
Whilst pouring the old oil into the old oil container (To dispose of responsibly, i held a torch while pouring and saw no glimmer so i think I'm safe.
Also, i didn't expect this to get this kind of traction over 2m views and tonnes of comments. I'm going to shamelessly plug my desktop app to help further fund my home mechanical blunders and panics. Desktop Telly, it's an app to used to watch TV on Windows, MacOS, Linux.
Thank you all for the comments, happy to admit being dumb on this one.