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A Little Metal in the Pan

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Post  valleydawg April 14th 2010, 2:21 pm

I am running Pinks in Charlotte next week so Monday I leaked down the engine, checked compression, flowed the fuel, added some new plugs and changed the oil. Everything looked great so far but while under the car changing the oil I noticed something funny come out of the pan. After straining the oil I found a big chunk of metal. It was late so I just stopped (totally disgusted) and all day yesterday all my thoughts were bad. Yesterday when I got home from work I pulled the pan and it was the bracket for the oil pickup had broken. The piece fit in place like a puzzle. I pulled it off and welded it back up. Should be good to go now. A Little Metal in the Pan DSCF8340
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Post  the Coug April 14th 2010, 2:27 pm

what kind of oil pump was it?


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Post  valleydawg April 14th 2010, 2:40 pm

The oil pump is a stock type form Summit (I believe) The piece that broke was the bracket that bolts to the block.
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Post  dfree383 April 14th 2010, 2:48 pm

you need to figure out why it broke........
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Post  valleydawg April 14th 2010, 3:00 pm

100 runs with no issues...don't have a clue. Any ideas?
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Post  dfree383 April 14th 2010, 3:14 pm

It that was the brace to the pan stud that holds the pick-up, I'd say you forced something on and caused to to be stressed.

IMO you need to consider replacing the pump. IMO it may have been stressed in the process and It's not good to break off a pump.
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Post  valleydawg April 14th 2010, 3:22 pm

Yep...brace that bolts to a stud. I don’t recall forcing it on???
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Post  Larry T April 14th 2010, 7:50 pm

are you comeing up to zmax for the tnt this saturday?i would like to but i have a bad cold and i am not sure i will make it,anyway i will look for you during the event.
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Post  valleydawg April 15th 2010, 7:21 am

Larry - coming up Thursday after work. I should stroll into ZMax 7-8. Look me up.
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