HOLY CRAP...help....metal piece in oil pan..PICS
07-20-2005, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 8GTOKLR
could be a bearing
07-20-2005, 07:51 AM
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I like how someone says something and everyone just agrees. 
I see no possible way that that is a piece of a ring. It is curved the wrong way and is about 4 times as wide. My vote goes to it being a piece of a bearing (not a ball bearing) Like this:
How can a piece of a valvespring get into the oil pan?
I see no possible way that that is a piece of a ring. It is curved the wrong way and is about 4 times as wide. My vote goes to it being a piece of a bearing (not a ball bearing) Like this:How can a piece of a valvespring get into the oil pan?
07-20-2005, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 777
I like how someone says something and everyone just agrees. I see no possible way that that is a piece of a ring. It is curved the wrong way and is about 4 times as wide. My vote goes to it being a piece of a bearing (not a ball bearing) Like this:
How can a piece of a valvespring get into the oil pan?
I see no possible way that that is a piece of a ring. It is curved the wrong way and is about 4 times as wide. My vote goes to it being a piece of a bearing (not a ball bearing) Like this:How can a piece of a valvespring get into the oil pan?
07-20-2005, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
how could part of the valve spring get down to the bottom of the pan? oil galleys?
07-20-2005, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
how could part of the valve spring get down to the bottom of the pan? oil galleys?
matter of fact,thats how the oil gets back to the pan. after being pumped up thru the pushrods and onto the rockers/springs, it puddles up in the head and drizzles down the big open holes, into the crankcase valley, and eventually down to the pan.
07-20-2005, 02:24 PM
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I would start by just pulling the valve covers and checking the springs. It is easy to do and anything else will require you to pull it apart. It is hard to say from the picture.
The main thrust bearing is another possibility. Hopefully it is just a broken spring or something simple.
The main thrust bearing is another possibility. Hopefully it is just a broken spring or something simple.
07-20-2005, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SStrokerAce
I agree it's part of a valve spring damper
IT'S NOT PART OF A BEARING!!!!! THERE WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR IF IT WAS!
Bret
IT'S NOT PART OF A BEARING!!!!! THERE WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR IF IT WAS!
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07-20-2005, 02:58 PM
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I went to a shop today. Guy had 8 new LS1/6 long blocks in there he was building and a new C5R block (Nice). At least 10 LS6 heads and intakes he was porting.
He said its a piece of the spring damper from my 941 springs. He showed me some broken ones that he had saved and they are exactly like this. Plus he measured it and its exactly what it is. He said its been a problem for almost 10 years. He also said the dampers are a waste of time to use, they do nothing. He never uses them anymore on any builds that he does. He got 545 RWHP from an LS6 427 he just did that idles smooooth.
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He said to pull the covers to check for more (just to be sure), but he also said he thinks its a piece from when ARE took the motor apart last time to refresh (re-ring it) and never got it out. Because the engine is whisper quiet and runs perfectly.
Didn't think it was a bearing or ring. I don't see what part of a bearing even looks like that, he showed me a bunch of them.
He said its a piece of the spring damper from my 941 springs. He showed me some broken ones that he had saved and they are exactly like this. Plus he measured it and its exactly what it is. He said its been a problem for almost 10 years. He also said the dampers are a waste of time to use, they do nothing. He never uses them anymore on any builds that he does. He got 545 RWHP from an LS6 427 he just did that idles smooooth.
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He said to pull the covers to check for more (just to be sure), but he also said he thinks its a piece from when ARE took the motor apart last time to refresh (re-ring it) and never got it out. Because the engine is whisper quiet and runs perfectly.
Didn't think it was a bearing or ring. I don't see what part of a bearing even looks like that, he showed me a bunch of them.
07-20-2005, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 777
Well good to know you found the problem. John is a genious.
So he gave me the number to two of his friends that can take my valve covers off for me tonight or tomorrow to make sure everything is OK. $70.00 for the labor. Is that a good deal?