Chrisssssssss
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Hey all,
At the end of last season I was driving the car and all of a sudden it just started knocking so I shut it down and got it towed home. Dropped the oil pan and didn’t really see any metal shavings in the oil but I did find some of these pieces in the oil pickup tube and maybe a few in the pan…
For scale, that is a lid size for a sour cream container.
Now I took the last connecting rod bearing journal apart and the bearings don’t look terribly bad on the contact surface but I did buy all new bearings set so I may as well replace them.
I will attach a picture of them when I get home. I forgot to take a pic of them.
I also found this when I took off the rod bearings:
If you look closer… they appear to be the same as the other pieces of stuff that I just showed you. But they were in the oil supply hole:
Closer still:
So I’m not too sure what these are pieces from but I’m thinking maybe from the oil pump? The oil pick up screen was completely covered in sludge and goo so it wasn’t getting good oil flow I’m sure. I will attach a pic of that also when I get home in a bit I just wanted to post this now just to get it out there. I bought new rod bearings and main bearings. I am gonna order a new oil pump shortly. Any thoughts or opinions? I’m not rich at the moment so a rebuild is out of the question for now.
I also remember hearing that a loose flex plate may also sound like a knock so I will also check that and see if there is anything that is loose there too.
Thanks in advance for the thoughts
Chris
86GN mostly stock with 125k miles
At the end of last season I was driving the car and all of a sudden it just started knocking so I shut it down and got it towed home. Dropped the oil pan and didn’t really see any metal shavings in the oil but I did find some of these pieces in the oil pickup tube and maybe a few in the pan…
For scale, that is a lid size for a sour cream container.
Now I took the last connecting rod bearing journal apart and the bearings don’t look terribly bad on the contact surface but I did buy all new bearings set so I may as well replace them.
I will attach a picture of them when I get home. I forgot to take a pic of them.
I also found this when I took off the rod bearings:
If you look closer… they appear to be the same as the other pieces of stuff that I just showed you. But they were in the oil supply hole:
Closer still:
So I’m not too sure what these are pieces from but I’m thinking maybe from the oil pump? The oil pick up screen was completely covered in sludge and goo so it wasn’t getting good oil flow I’m sure. I will attach a pic of that also when I get home in a bit I just wanted to post this now just to get it out there. I bought new rod bearings and main bearings. I am gonna order a new oil pump shortly. Any thoughts or opinions? I’m not rich at the moment so a rebuild is out of the question for now.
I also remember hearing that a loose flex plate may also sound like a knock so I will also check that and see if there is anything that is loose there too.
Thanks in advance for the thoughts
Chris
86GN mostly stock with 125k miles