07-29-2002, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Clinton, NJ,
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I found a spring in my oil pan!!!!!
..did I mention my car is cursed?
since my P.O.S. Canton pan developed a stress crack I decided to replace it with a custom pan from Stef's (for only $700). When I dropped the old pan I noticed a small piece of spring in the bottom. The piece is about one and a half revolutions and is the diameter of a nickel. I sent it to my builder and he said there is a valve in the motor which opens if the oil filter gets clogged so the motor still gets oil. Now that did happen to me a while back when I hooked up my remote filter lines backwards. (Yes, I am an idiot) This happened a while ago and I still have plenty of oil pressure.
Here is my question: Where is this valve located? It doesn't look like it's in the pump as I can't figure out where it came out.
...and for those of you familiar with my saga, the replacement bladder for my fuel cell cost only $650. I have now replaced everysingle thing in this car with the exception of my transmission, frame, and shell. I am not kidding.
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