Carnage PICS-Need help with autopsy
Carnage PICS-Need help with autopsy So here are a couple pictures I took of what were stuck to the magnet on my oil pan plug. almost looks like the radius of a valve spring but I have checked my valve springs and they are all intact. The car lost oil pressure. Any ideas anyone?
well i can at least see its sumthin small judging by the paper towel they are sittin on, is the bottom pic segments put together? or is that a seperate piece than the other pics
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Looks like Valvespring to me. Have you replaced the valve springs before? Are the valvesprings in there right now the originals? Did you actually take the valvesprings off and look at them? Reason I ask, is I thikn its one of the following two things:
1.) Valve spring from a past install/setup broke and fell into the pan and have been sitting there for a while, finally getting stuck on the screen of the pickup tube.
or
2.) The bottom of a current valve spring came apart and drained into the oil pan. You probably wouldn't even notice it unless you actually took the valve springs off. You could have lost oil pressure from the pieces getting stuck on the screen of the pickup tube.
What can be for certain though is it is definitely valve spring and not a valve seat. The radius is far too small for a valve seat and wrong material from what I can see in the blurry pictures.
As was asked before, what springs are you running?
1.) Valve spring from a past install/setup broke and fell into the pan and have been sitting there for a while, finally getting stuck on the screen of the pickup tube.
or
2.) The bottom of a current valve spring came apart and drained into the oil pan. You probably wouldn't even notice it unless you actually took the valve springs off. You could have lost oil pressure from the pieces getting stuck on the screen of the pickup tube.
What can be for certain though is it is definitely valve spring and not a valve seat. The radius is far too small for a valve seat and wrong material from what I can see in the blurry pictures.
As was asked before, what springs are you running?
Sorry man, this sounds bad.
Im running PRC dual valve springs with only 3k miles on them. What worries me the most is that I bought this motor from a guy named Greinder03 who has a lot of similarities to craig payne, a guy on this board that has been sending out junk ls2's and passing them off as good motors. These pieces I'd agree are a valvespring, but not from any of my valvesprings, it looks like a stock one.
Either way, the oil pressure is not there, and I found these in my pan... Im thinking I need to rebuild it either way
BTW thanks for all the input, anything else is appreciated.
Either way, the oil pressure is not there, and I found these in my pan... Im thinking I need to rebuild it either way
BTW thanks for all the input, anything else is appreciated.
id lean on valve spring, peices look way to small and plentiful to be a valve seat and as stated not gonna get to oil pan unless you get thru a piston first .. no parts like that in a oil pump either i dont think, i just slung a spare one if i still had it id crack it open and take a peak, best bet it 99center bolt v covr car itd take me a whole 5 mins to pull covers and look for broke springs,
Like was said before, definitely did not drop a valve seat.
If you got this motor from Griender03 or whoever, you have a **** piece. Those piece of the valvespring were there before. Def tear it apart and do some more investigations, you could have spun a bearing unrelated to the pieces in the pan.
Sorry for your bad luck, i feel your pain.
If you got this motor from Griender03 or whoever, you have a **** piece. Those piece of the valvespring were there before. Def tear it apart and do some more investigations, you could have spun a bearing unrelated to the pieces in the pan.
Sorry for your bad luck, i feel your pain.
Like was said before, definitely did not drop a valve seat.
If you got this motor from Griender03 or whoever, you have a **** piece. Those piece of the valvespring were there before. Def tear it apart and do some more investigations, you could have spun a bearing unrelated to the pieces in the pan.
Sorry for your bad luck, i feel your pain.
If you got this motor from Griender03 or whoever, you have a **** piece. Those piece of the valvespring were there before. Def tear it apart and do some more investigations, you could have spun a bearing unrelated to the pieces in the pan.
Sorry for your bad luck, i feel your pain.
OK so my engine builder says that the tips of the bottom of my valve springs broke because the wrong seat was used. I just swapped my dual prc springs over from my ls1.
Does this sound right to anyone?
Does this sound right to anyone?