I'm in the process of swapping a B18A1 in my 89 Civic. The person who own'ed the integra before me made some type of contraption for the oil pan. They stripped the oil pan really good. We dropped the oil pan to change the gasket, fix it, and found this. I don't think this is from ANY thing inside the motor but I want to make sure.

 

ha , i have no idea what that is.. i never saw one in any oil pan i took apart.

 

ive seen that before... i cent remember exactly where though. not engine related. those 2 pieces go together with a small rod through them and a spring on the rod. put it through a hole and it expands.

from a screw or nail or fastener of some type. cant remeber the name though or the purpose of the fastener. drywall comes to mind though

edit: hanging pictures... thats where i remember it from i think...

 

Drywall anchor...

What the hell waas it doing in your oil pan?

ROFL!

 

Lol, you doofs - that's not a drywall anchor.

 

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Bingo.

I just found out what it was by the original owner. They used something like above to plug the drain with a rubber thing. When they did a oil change they got a new one and left that piece in the pan, then when we pulled the new one out.. got a second one. on them.

 

Hacks

 

ya, thats what it is, when you get a temporary drain plug it has an anchor on the other side

 

lol

this thread is awesome

 

toggle bolt in the pan

 

wtf?

lol