Metal chunks in oil pan - help please - Lateral-g Forums

gerno · #1 09-20-2012, 09:19 PM

I agree with you but they seem to be too small for timing gear teeth. It may be the ends of them. The only teeth I can think of are the timing gear, disti gear and cam gear. Guess I'll pull the timining cover this weekend and take a look.

gerno · #2 09-21-2012, 11:23 AM

Cam gear was the issue. Since I'll be pulling the engine out I suppose it's time for some upgrades...

Darker area in the chain is where some teet are missing.
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**camcojb** · #3 09-21-2012, 01:12 PM

relatively cheap fix compared to what it could have been.

gerno · #4 09-21-2012, 02:12 PM

In theory it is cheap but not for me.... I'm going to pull the engine to check all the bearings and while I have it out I found pistons to drop from 10.8 to 8.8. They are only 4 grams different so no need to rebalance so I "have to" do it. I also figure I should go ahead and swap to a solid roller am with a different profile since its apart. All this being in prep for either a T-trim or D1SC addition......

intocarss · #5 09-21-2012, 11:07 PM

I may have a used SBC timing set you can have to get it running

gerno · #6 09-22-2012, 09:26 AM

I appreciate the offer but I'm going to pull the engine out and tear it down anyways. I want to make sure there are on little pieces floating around to bite be again. When I do I'm going to grab a new billet set and set up a cam button so it's not an issue in the future.