Help, found spring in oil?
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Help, found spring in oil? I changed my oil and on the drain plug was the very end of a valve spring. Should this worry me or would it be ok for about a 1/4 of an inch of the spring to break off? I took the valve covers off, but could not visual any breaks or where the piece came from. The car is internally stock with every bolt-on, but does gets sprayed at the track almost every weekend. I have almost 36,000 miles on it and have been spraying for about 2 years now. Thanks
Re: Help, found spring in oil? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by chikn:
<strong> Valve Spring Change = Cheap
Dropped Valve = <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah I can vouch for that. <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Make sure everything is 100% before you crank her up again.
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<strong> Valve Spring Change = Cheap
Dropped Valve = <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah I can vouch for that. <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Make sure everything is 100% before you crank her up again.
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Re: Help, found spring in oil? Thanks guys, I have looked really hard but can not find any thing wrong visually. I have restarted the car and no funny noise or signs of a problem. I was wondering if I should go and change the springs anyway? Thanks..
