Cdaug720
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- Mar 16, 2011
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Layton,
Utah
Hey guys, not long ago I did my oil pan gasket and oil filter housing gaskets on my car because they were leaking a bit and also switched to full synthetic. I used a gasket with rtv on each one. I ran it for about 2 weeks and noticed the leak seemed worse and a friend recommended I redo the pan with only rtv and no gasket and possibly switch back to conventional. (But he's sort of anti synthetic for whatever reason) So I dropped the pan again to reseal it (it was leaking again) and noticed the inside of the pan had dust sized metallic flakes everywhere and I also found a chunk of metal (is not magnetic) along with these 4 small pin looking things (they all are magnetic) that I think are needle bearings. I did some research and I found nothing on any dsm forum. But I found a thread on an ls1 forum where someone had similar pins/bearings in his oil pan also and everyone said they were needle bearings out of one of the rocker arms. I'm pretty sure that's what they have to be, but I wanted to be positive since I've never seen anything like this before. It just puzzles me how they made it down to the pan and I only found 4 of them. I pulled the valve cover and did not find any more of them in there. I'm also concerned about the metallic flakes and chunk I found and I'm wondering what it came from. The car is currently parked because I'm scared to drive it til I figure this out and I haven't had much time to dig into it. It's my dd so I need to get it running asap. Car ran perfectly fine and showed no symptoms that anything was wrong other than leaking more oil. Oil pressure was reading normal also and I haven't ran it since I found this. Any input would be great.
The penny is for size comparison I didn't find it in the pan, although that would be a real mystery
The penny is for size comparison I didn't find it in the pan, although that would be a real mystery
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