All compressors have what the manufacturer calls a "run-in" period. I assume that is when mating surfaces find their proper place together.

What nobody talks about is the metallic debris that occurs from this process. My observations with scroll compressors indicates significant debris.. perhaps because of the large steel-to-steel surface area.

The Trax-oil control that I see most often with scrolls has a scavenging magnet on its outlet that literally fuzzes up with metalic debris.

I see this metallic debris causing oil feed failures in the larger horsepower scrolls, due to the float device not working properly. But nobody is talking about it. Am I alone?