Turboman
Mab An Gov
Guessing at bits of the crankcase breather/cyclone system.
johnlad
Well-Known Member
So what in terms of damage will/has it done?
Car runs fine doesn’t appear damaged.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Probably not much. They will have gone down the galleries into the sump, and won't get past the strainer on the oil pick up to go back up.
Poke your finger in the drain plug hole, see if you can find any more, or remove the sump and have a look if you are bothered about it.
Quite likely you will find a few caps off the valves down there as well, and they are made of metal!
johnlad
Well-Known Member
Already removed the sump, to re seal, that when I found them. No pieces of metal though, thankfully
Turboman
Mab An Gov
OK. I assumed you found them in the bucket after oil drain.
I think someone was doing some work with the rocker cover off. The reason I asked about the size was that those are about the size of the insulating washers I had to take off when removing all the bonnet chequer plate on my first 110.
My guess was sloppy work with the rocker cover off, and was going to ask if the bonnet had chequer plate on it - my 110 came with it and it had washers like that under the countless screws I had to take out to ditch it.
I didn't think that there were any bits inside the breather - that it worked simply by virtue of its shape?
My guess was sloppy work with the rocker cover off, and was going to ask if the bonnet had chequer plate on it - my 110 came with it and it had washers like that under the countless screws I had to take out to ditch it.
D1Nut
Well-Known Member
It is worrying to think that the smaller bits aren't present because they have already been sucked up thru the strainer - been ground even finer by the oil pump - thru the oil galleries into the crank that feed your crank's bearing shells , up into the squirters for cooling the pistons under skirts , coated the camshaft and finally blocked the oil filter - but nothing I would be too concerned with as imagine if those big bits got in
As a test take the stuff you got out and see if they all fit together to resemble the offending bits that are under suspicion here
Just joking - I think
As a test take the stuff you got out and see if they all fit together to resemble the offending bits that are under suspicion here
Just joking - I think
Turboman
Mab An Gov
There weren't any bits in the breathers on 2.5 TDs, but over time, the sytems got more complex, with plastic cyclones and oil separators.
In any case, I did say guessing, the bits could have been dropped in by someone while setting the tappets or similar.
Doesn't really matter, they were there, and have now been removed.
