Heres the lowdown- for some unknown reason oil pump seized, identified as cracked rotors. Hole in pickup screen also. Found this in my oil pan its black, plastic and seems like it has a thread on it, its a small piece so it could be something else, but what is plastic inside of a jdm h22? Apparently it pretty much broke into a couple big pieces and there was a lot of tiny tiny pieces in my oil pan like it shattered. I was only flooring it at 3500 rpm in like 2nd or 3rd when i heard a noise like something broke. These were the best pics i could get.

It seized so bad, the crank broke off the flat spots on the oil pump, so basically the crank was spinning and not even making contact with the pump itself





The object looked like it may have been round and hollow?


Modified by delLudeVTEC at 8:45 PM 12/30/2004

 

can u flip it over to its side or is that on its side already

 

... with a macro lens...

 

Yeah i know i need a better camera, but how many things are black and plastic in an h22? It couldnt of been a bolt because its to weak and cannot stand heat so wtf would this be doing inside of an engine?

 

Now that i think about it, it seems like it has the same imprints as the oil pan gasket where it dips down on the tranny side, that part of the gasket was the only one that pulled right off instead of tearing. I think your right tho. thanks.

 

Last time I checked my rod bearigns I found some deposits looking exactly like this but smaller. Hard, black rubber hardened by the hot oil into a plastic thing. It must be a part of a gasket (don't know which one)