Piece of metal found on oil drain plug

[Clois Harlan]

I have been looking at that piece for 5 mins and I can't place it's origin. Not from distributor, not from oil pump, not from timing chain or cam gear.

Wondering if it could have cam from a piece of cast webbing inside the block? I think a disassembly is in your very near future.....the sooner the cheaper?

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Clois Harlan

I have been looking at that piece for 5 mins and I can't place it's origin. Not from distributor, not from oil pump, not from timing chain or cam gear.

Wondering if it could have cam from a piece of cast webbing inside the block? I think a disassembly is in your very near future.....the sooner the cheaper?

I'm with you on this one Clois, looks like a piece of "cast webbing" from inside the block.........definitely need to do an tear down at this point......

David

[FWB]

it has a machined surface on part of it......could be nothing...but could be everything.

i'd pull the pan first and look around. could be the bottom off one of the bores, kinda thin there, its stroked could be from clearancing for the crank.

in any event it can't be just ignored..

[emm427]

I can't see how curved it is, looks like piston where the rings would sit explaining your knocking noise or the top of a lifter. Hard to say your there...