What did I find in my oil pan? - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

VetteMed · 05-03-2010

I dropped the oil pan today, to swap out the gasket, and after removing the baffle, I found 4 or 5 chunks of hard material, with a brown-tannish color. I can't really tell if it's metallic, but it's definitely not magnetic. The pieces are rounded on their edges, kind of as if they bounced around and got chewed up a bit...I was thinking it might be pieces of a timing chain guide strip that got loose? Is this a significant issue?

BTW, I was able to see up into the cylinder liners, those that I could see still had all of the crosshatching visible, even after 188k miles.

05-03-2010	#1
VetteMed Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,821	What did I find in my oil pan? I dropped the oil pan today, to swap out the gasket, and after removing the baffle, I found 4 or 5 chunks of hard material, with a brown-tannish color. I can't really tell if it's metallic, but it's definitely not magnetic. The pieces are rounded on their edges, kind of as if they bounced around and got chewed up a bit...I was thinking it might be pieces of a timing chain guide strip that got loose? Is this a significant issue? BTW, I was able to see up into the cylinder liners, those that I could see still had all of the crosshatching visible, even after 188k miles.