red98taws6

Hey guys,

I just changed my oil today for the second time since owning this car, and found these guys stuck to the oil plug...







Any ideas on what it could be? The car feels like it is running strong and I don't hear any knocks/other weird sounds.

ROCNDAV

iTrader: (100)

could it be a side cap of one of your rockers? pull your valve covers and look at the sides of each of your rocker arms.

LS6427

iTrader: (2)

Make sure to get a long, bendable magnetic stick and put it into the oil pan drain hole and sweep the entire bottom of the oil pan for more ****.

TurdsOfMayhem

iTrader: (4)

That would scare the crap out of me. Hope you can find out what it was from.

red98taws6

Thanks everyone for your feedback so far

Any other ideas on what this metal might be?

ddm3889

Looks like the tops of push rods

red98taws6

If that were the case, wouldn't I be hearing/feeling it? The car seems pretty normal other than the chunks of metal

ROCNDAV

iTrader: (100)

how thick are the pieces?

bjamick

iTrader: (31)

Pull the valve covers and inspect your valvetrain. Its usually there.

Nemo02Z

I do not believe you do not feel that in the car. That looks like part of a piston skirt, looks like a cast part . were you running the dog **** of it prior to the discovery In any case i would drop the pan and pull the valve covers just for a piece of mind.

Nemo02Z

If it were part of the push rods or cam there would be a noticeable miss.

red98taws6

They are less than a millimeter thick. Probably about as thick as the average human fingernail...

red98taws6

Other than the occasional slippage from my worn clutch, it feels normal. I really don't beat on it too bad so I'm not sure what the deal is.

There was one case where I overevved a bit, I guess that may have done it.

LS6427

iTrader: (2)

pushrod????

LS6427

iTrader: (2)

I had pieces of spring seats break apart a long time ago, looks identical.

Or whatever the real name is for the round, washer looking things that sit under the springs on the heads in the round seats. They are about a millimeter thick, maybe less.

samson_420

iTrader: (1)

Do a compression check, pull the valve covers and maybe the oil pan. Are the pieces magnetic?

red98taws6

Interesting...thanks for the insight!

Yes, they were stuck to the little magnet on the oil plug.

samson_420

iTrader: (1)

Since they are magnetic, they are not pieces of the piston. . . . .

I really don't know. . . But, looks to me more valve train related.