i pulled the pan today and saw this.




glittery oil and a chunk of aluminum.

and im supposed to take this cross country in a month? i think its time for a new car.


Modified by Shakes at 9:36 AM 4/22/2006

 

no bueno, just ask sam.....klack klack klack

 

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speaking of i need to call his ***

 

Think it's from the bent pan or the engine man???? Damn that sucks!

 

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i have a feeling that is what happened when the oil light would pop on and then just go away right away.

 

check your oil filter.

it could be from detonation

 

bronze colored shavings= bearings

 

aww man! that sucks fat donkey *****.. sorry dougy.

 

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shavings were silver in color. that oil is only 200 miles old. that along with the chunk makes me think piston / piston wall then; correct?

you couldnt even feel them they were so fine. like it was part of the damn oil.


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its a sign to get out of the game man. reliable daily driver here i come... hopefully...

 

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its a sign to get out of the game man. reliable daily driver here i come... hopefully...
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it's your lucky day! we just picked up a 87 mirage hatch back.... 89K miles. 800 bux and its yours.

 

oooooo. could not be good.

try putting a magnet to them. might be bearing shavings..

 

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try putting a magnet to them. might be bearing shavings..</TD></TR></TABLE>

ran a magnet across everything and it picked up nothing. would bearing shaving have been picked up?

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dont hold it or anything, but if you have it when i get there i just may grab that.

 

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ran a magnet across everything and it picked up nothing. would bearing shaving have been picked up?

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yep, it would have. if you did a strong magnet that is.

 

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yep, it would have. if you did a strong magnet that is. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i used one of those retractable magnets that you use for dropped bolts.

 

Had you done anything to the engine lately, like rebuilding it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bandit74 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Had you done anything to the engine lately, like rebuilding it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i had put a different oil pan on it. the oil pan had a slight dent in it. once in a while the oil light would come on for a split second then go away for a while. it was only driven about 200 miles like that before i got a chance to remove the pan and pound out the dent. thats when i discovered this.

 

Try replacing the pan and see if it keep happening.

 

pan is fixed, if i keep the car i will pull the pan in a week and check it agian. but i have a feeling it was cylinder wall or piston pieces.

im gunna go check out TSX's tonight

 

sucks man, I can't believe that.
I like TSX's, but what are you gonna do with this? time is running out, and now this? gaaa

 

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I like TSX's, but what are you gonna do with this? time is running out, and now this? gaaa</TD></TR></TABLE>

trade it in. let them sell it as is at an auction. i would love to keep her. to me she is teh sXe. but at this point in life i need reliability more then anything.

 

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Possible that your oil pickup was slightly dented, too, and now is no longer perfectly submerged in your undented oil pan? I've run into that before.

Not all bearing material is bronze colored. The old magnet test will tell you if there's something ferrous in there - more likely than not shavings of cyl wall. You really have to dig deep in a bearing to get to the steel (ferrous) backingplate.

 

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Possible that your oil pickup was slightly dented, too, and now is no longer perfectly submerged in your undented oil pan? I've run into that before.

Not all bearing material is bronze colored. The old magnet test will tell you if there's something ferrous in there - more likely than not shavings of cyl wall. You really have to dig deep in a bearing to get to the steel (ferrous) backingplate. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks J.

I am very curious as to how much is gone since i got that chunk out of there. im in the search for a new engine as we speak, too bad sam sold his already.

 

Pull the connecting rod caps and see if you have imbedded particles in the bearings.