This is what i found changing my oil today...



and the piece that saved my engine



so im guessing its from my oil pick-up tube, looks about the same size.

time to go pull off the oil pan!

 

You're one lucky ****...


-Thinks to himself... go get a magnetic oil plug thingie.

 

I'm new to the mechanical components...
but that's a nut stuck there right?

 

nah it sucked threw my filter past my throttle body, flew threw the valve, snuck past my piston rings, bounced on the crank shaft a few times and got sucked up by my magnetic oil plug

but really though it looks like one of the oil pick up nuts.. i changed the gasket on that 5 k miles ago... and i got it fairly tight so i dont know how it jar'd its self loose

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4dooritr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nah it sucked threw my filter past my throttle body, flew threw the valve, snuck past my piston rings, bounced on the crank shaft a few times and got sucked up by my magnetic oil plug

but really though it looks like one of the oil pick up nuts.. i changed the gasket on that 5 k miles ago... and i got it fairly tight so i dont know how it jar'd its self loose </TD></TR></TABLE>

I get red X's, but how in the world can a nut go through your air filter (hole in it maybe?) and then, (I've seen stuff get past the valves before) past your piston rings? You do realise there's only micrometers of clearence in the bore? Unless that's on really small nut, or your piston has a hole in it, I'm not buying it. More info please.

 

yeah piston ar elike thousand's of a mm.
if there was a huge gap than you would never get compression inside the cylinder.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You do realise there's only micrometers of clearence in the bore? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sarcasm, y0. He was trying to be funny.

 

Yes it was a joke for the noob

heres the link for the picture

http://www.geocities.com/nosd13b/nut1.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/nosd13b/nut2.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/nosd13b/nut3.JPG

my last build
http://www.we-todd-did-racing....D.jpg


Modified by 4dooritr at 5:04 PM 7/17/2006

 

wtf is that

 

mazda rotary?

 

holy **** it went throught all that and your motor aint fuked? you are VERY lucky

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4drlsintegra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy **** it went throught all that and your motor aint fuked? you are VERY lucky</TD></TR></TABLE>

he was joking

 

Whew, people cant take a joke

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4drlsintegra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy **** it went throught all that and your motor aint fuked? you are VERY lucky</TD></TR></TABLE>
lol

 

i wouldn't be too scared of it being sucked up into your motor. i would be scared the pickup might not seal well, and you starve your motor of oil.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KraZEtEggIE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wouldn't be too scared of it being sucked up into your motor. i would be scared the pickup might not seal well, and you starve your motor of oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well yes I was scared for both of those reasons.

UPDATE: Got the oil pan off and it was a bolt! It looked like a nut from the oil pan drain hole but it was a bolt from one of the oil pickup mounts!




http://www.geocities.com/nosd13b/bolt.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/nosd13b/bolt2.JPG

 

very lucky

I need to pick up a set from passwordjdm for my tranny and oil, looks like it does some good

 

make sure to double check everything while the pans off. never hurt to torque everything down again.