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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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Good luck finding out what it is. Let us know what you find
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by '99 SLP#24
I had this exact thing happen to me last summer on my stock 99 SS, I had a shop lock at them and they were completely rebuilding an LS1 at the time so they had parts to compare it to. We decided that it was part of the seat for the valve covers. So nothing important. We looked and sure enough thats what it was. Do you have stock valve covers, if so this might be your problem. But those pieces look identical to what came out on my plug!
Maybe I misunderstood the above statement, but if the valve covers are aluminum, why would it stick to a magnetic drain plug??
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Good question don't know just telling you my experience maybe the seats are something different!
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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So, did you find out what it was?
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bluecamaroz28
So, did you find out what it was?
Im curious too, but the last post on here was 7-31.....
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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I never found out on mine, I got more out on my last oil change and sent a sample to blackstone labs for an analysis. We'll see what they have to say!
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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I'm almost 99.9% sure it comes from the timing chain. Be careful with that!! It happened to me and timing chain broke at the track like I said in the previous thread. It's a ticking bomb and very dangerous. Stop driving your car if you have that thing on your drain plug or you will bend all the valves and ruin the oil pump like I did. I'm serious

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