Originally posted by HammerDown:
When draining the oil there where (no) metal flakes or chips...but more like a silver type of dust mixed in the oil. Also no metal flake's where to be found in the heads where oil puddles.
Think of it this way... There are a couple ounces of metal in your engine... you don't know where it is, and you haven't seen it yet!
My money would be on finding that metal, or removing the chance of finding it later (hot tank, new gaskets)