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Where could these have possibly come from?
  • GrimGreaserGrimGreaser
    Posts: 541Platinum Member
    These little Devils (not the penny) where sitting in my 308 oil pan after I pulled it in preparation to pull the pistons and freshen up the internals. Any thoughts as to where they could have come from?

    I have no idea.
    Six in a row makes it GO!
  • Park_WPark_W
    Posts: 2,053Platinum Member
    Looks like the o-ring seal that goes on the oil pan where the oil pick-up tube sticks up, so as to plug into the block. Maybe in past work one or two have fallen into the pan and not been retrieved.
  • Jon BJon B
    Posts: 4,770Moderator
    Possibly they fell in when someone was adding oil? They don't look like any part of an oil can that I'VE ever seen, though!
  • GrimGreaserGrimGreaser
    Posts: 541Platinum Member
    They look like pieces of a spring. Shiney steel.
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  • GrimGreaserGrimGreaser
    Posts: 541Platinum Member
    Well, I had the pan off early this year. I'm the only one who touches my cars, so unless it was in a jug of oil...
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  • onerare39onerare39
    Posts: 528Hitchhiker
    Grim,

    Looks like it could be part of your muffler bearings.

    John
  • GrimGreaserGrimGreaser
    Posts: 541Platinum Member
    Crap.

    I checked those when I serviced my Johnson rods...
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  • BrowniepetersenBrowniepetersen
    Posts: 2,418Platinum Member
    Glen Johnson would be happy to know that you checked his rods?
    Brownie
  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,270Platinum Member
    Could it be the oil pressure relief spring? I can't see how even if this broke that the coils could get down into the motor though. Otherwise I suggest you check the frammis compensator, as this could lead to the hexical jackshaft getting scrambled and upset the digital rejiggerator.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • GrimGreaserGrimGreaser
    Posts: 541Platinum Member
    Pressure relief spring is good.

    Hm, fuel pump? I have a new AMC-type... No problems with it though, been working just fine. Guess I'll pull it next.
    Six in a row makes it GO!
  • PAULARGETYPEPAULARGETYPE
    Posts: 1,253Platinum Member
    THEY LOOK LIKE SPRINGS TO ME ???? AT 1ST I THOUGHT HOG RINGS FOR PUTTING THE SEAT COVERING ON BUT AFTER A GOOD LOOK ???? WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING IN THE OIL PAN??
  • Oldfarmer1947gmailcomOldfarmer1947gmailcom
    Posts: 125Hitchhiker
    I believe that Grim Greaser has hit the nail on the head. Some fuel pumps have an exposed spring under the pump arm. If one of those pumps with out the correct spacer was installed the cam would potentially bend the arm and break the support spring. Guessing with the rest... I choose pieces of a broken fuel pump spring.
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