OK lets see if this works..
Tore down my old Turbo engine on the weekend, and found this part that's obviously shat itself. Maybe the cause of my engine blowing smoke/oil..and the source of the metal i found in the sump? It still actually ran well with no real power loss..What is this thing?
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ENGINE TEARDOWN PART ID?
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if you're finding metal in the sump than there is a good chance that either a piston or bearing a flogged out. good way to find out if the bearings are rooted is to remove the oil sender and screw in an oil gauge. this is because condrod and main bearings require a small clearance for oil to coat the bearing and as a bearing wears this gap becomes larger reducing the amount of oil pressure.
Okie dokie. Back when the engine was in the car it would blow out big clouds of grey smoke when you tookoff from the lights or revved it. Afew mechanics reckoned I'd done a piston or piston ring based on the bits of metal I was showing them..but having found the thermostat mangled like that with some metal torn off it made me wonder. Recall Turbocab wondered how bits from a piston would have made it into the sump? Also the engine? Did run fine/strong.
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Re: ENGINE TEARDOWN PART ID?
did you manage to rebuild your motor?
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Nah my current car runs sweet, the 'blown' engine is sitting in my shed stripped as a source of spares basically. Cost's $$$ to get an engine rebuilt etc. over here.
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