<VV> junk in engine

[Jamie & Tanya Reinhart]

Mike, The three pieces found in my pan also looked as though they flew 
around in the crankcase awhile and were beaten into the pea shaped pieces I 
found. They must have finally gotten small enough to fall through the oil 
drain back holes under the camshaft. As I stated in my note, none of the 
previous owners are admitting to ever having any engine work done and my dad 
never did any major work to it either when he was at the dealership. An 
interesting mystery.

Jamie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Kovacs
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:05 AM
To: VV
Subject:  junk in engine

Jamie Reinhart
CORSA President
............The oil pan contained three pea sized chunks of
aluminum,.............

I found a similar piece of junk in one engine I overhauled, an irregular 
shaped
chunk if aluminum, that was worn smooth. I assumed the Quality Control in 
the
engine assy plant was unable to assure some of the aluminum casting material 
was
cleaned from the block before assy. My chunk was obviously battered around 
by
the rotating parts and worn smoothly.


MIKE KOVACS
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