Let's play, "What's that in my oil pan?"
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Let's play, "What's that in my oil pan?"
So I blew up my motor back in January.... cracked the ring land on #7 blah blah blah, and the new motor is almost done so I was cleaning up my oil pan. Removed the baffle and there was a little bit of sludge in the front, not much, about an 1/8 inch or less, not bad for a motor with 65,000 miles on it. As I'm cleaning it out, I discover a little peice of metal, magnetic, sitting in the sludge.
Cleaned it off and sure enough it's a tiny c-clip. Here it is next to the baffle bolt for size reference.
I have no clue what it goes to. No it's not needle bearings.
Cleaned it off and sure enough it's a tiny c-clip. Here it is next to the baffle bolt for size reference.
I have no clue what it goes to. No it's not needle bearings.
Last edited by The Alchemist; 05-01-2012 at 05:31 PM.
#4
know if anyone tore into the car before you bought it? i feel like that had to enter with the timing cover off. it looks like a c-clip to a locking header bolt but seems way too small.
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I am the original owner of the car, and this is the first time the oil pump and pan have been off the car. I've done heads/cam before, a few times, and I've never dropped anything in there. Where is the oil pump pressure releif valve?
The clip really is small. To give size reference the bolt above has a 10mm head on it.
The clip really is small. To give size reference the bolt above has a 10mm head on it.
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its on the opposite side of the pickup tube, has i think an 8mm hex plug on the end, ive taken one apart but cant remember seeing that but there is a ball, spring and small plunger in there
#13
You might have had a "Friday at 5pm" motor....coulda been in there from when the pan was installed at the factory....almost looks like a clip from a throttle cable but that would have gone in and out of the motor.
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