HOLY CRAP...help....metal piece in oil pan..PICS
07-19-2005, 09:14 PM
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HOLY CRAP...help....metal piece in oil pan..PICS..**UPDATE** What in holy hell is this. Could a ring be that big? 
The piece of metal is a little bit less thick than a penny. The pic with the watch in it shows it standing on edge. Its inbetween the watch and the nickle.
Each end of this piece of metal have been ripped from whatever it was attached to. It also has a slight curve to it like it wraps around something. Hopefully it doesn't wrap around a piston
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...etalpiece1.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...etalpiece2.bmp
Thanks.
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The piece of metal is a little bit less thick than a penny. The pic with the watch in it shows it standing on edge. Its inbetween the watch and the nickle.
Each end of this piece of metal have been ripped from whatever it was attached to. It also has a slight curve to it like it wraps around something. Hopefully it doesn't wrap around a piston
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...etalpiece1.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...etalpiece2.bmp
Thanks.
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Last edited by Quickin; 07-20-2005 at 02:32 PM.
07-19-2005, 09:20 PM
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You can upload them onto tech with the manage attachments in the advanced posting menu. Browse for it on your computer and then click upload. If they are big you might need to scale them down first. Could it be needle bearings from a stock rocker?
07-19-2005, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by strokedls1
You can upload them onto tech with the manage attachments in the advanced posting menu. Browse for it on your computer and then click upload. If they are big you might need to scale them down first. Could it be needle bearings from a stock rocker?
I tried to load them using LS1tech management thing, what a joke. only 100 KB of space allowed. My pics have hardly anything to them at all.
07-19-2005, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by co.6z28
pics are up, looks like it could be piece on a ring, but im no expert
If it is.The engine runs perfectly smooth, no smoke, nothing out of the ordinary. Sounds normal and very quiet.
If thats a piece of a ring wouldn't I be spitting something more out the pipes.
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07-19-2005, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by xssive
Looks like the tip of the oil dipstick...
07-19-2005, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
im guessing ring.
07-19-2005, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Quickin
I didn't think rings are that wide. And wouldn't that big of a piece have me blowing smoke out the back?
just a pic courtesy of jegs.com
I would do a compression/leakdown test if I were you... But I am kinda intrigued to figure out how a top - compression ring got past the oil rings... unless its part of an oil ring...... hrmm
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I do not think its a piece of a ring.. it looks to wide like you said.. But, hard to tell from a picture. Also, it probably wouldnt smoke unless it was the bottom oil ring that broke and the bottom wring doesnt look like that..
07-20-2005, 12:30 AM
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I don't see how it could be a ring piece because its so straight. It seems that it would as big around as a basketball if it continued on around like a ring does.