That's not good...

"Bandit" (2bandit) 02/09/2015 at 13:24 • Filed to: emma

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Took my valve covers off and found this sitting in the oil. Fuuuuuuuuu....

505Turbeaux > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 13:25

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that is pleasant

Cherry_man1 > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 13:27

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block wall?

Bandit > Cherry_man1 02/09/2015 at 13:29

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Looks like part of a spring retainer or something valve train

Cherry_man1 > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 13:33

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Oh boy.

CKeffer > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 13:40

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Looks like you might have said some of the same things I did this weekend when I bent a control arm extracting bushings.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 13:55

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LSX454 time

mr2gud2u > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:00

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I feel for you man. Been dealing with valve train issues for 6 months.

ttyymmnn > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:06

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Lightness added.

Imirrelephant > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:15

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Yikes. Fingers crossed it only came from under said valve cover...

JGrabowMSt > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:25

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Bro, I know those feels. At least it's not a piece of a valve seat sitting in the catalytic converter.

Rock Bottom > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:30

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This was in the valve cover? Nothing that big should be able to get there from the bottom end. It should be fairly obvious where the chunk came from. It pretty much had to come from some place close.

What engine is this? Have you taken a can opener to your oil filter yet?

Nonster > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 14:38

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Nonster > Nonster 02/09/2015 at 15:18

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actually I would worry about it, but I couldn't pass up a chance to say that

Bandit > Rock Bottom 02/09/2015 at 16:58

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Like I replied in another post, I'm pretty sure this is from a spring retainer. It's in my Pontiac 400.

crowmolly > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 19:55

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I'm thinking it's off of one of the valve spring retainer, uh, *things*.

I do not recall what the thing between the retainer and top coil is called.

If it is, you may be in not too bad a situation.

Bandit > crowmolly 02/09/2015 at 20:04

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Yeah, that cup-y thing is what I was thinking.

crowmolly > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 20:13

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Is that what your valvetrain looks like?

Bandit > crowmolly 02/09/2015 at 20:17

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This is what it looks like

crowmolly > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 20:29

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Yeah, they are called "splash sheilds" and a lot of people just remove them. If you find a busted one you may just be able to replace that single one.

Bandit > crowmolly 02/09/2015 at 21:15

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I have an old set of heads I take parts off of, I'll just steal another shield.

NJAnon > Bandit 02/09/2015 at 23:00

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*Looks at picture, eyes start to glaze over*

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bandit 02/10/2015 at 03:12

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strip it & rebuild it.

just to be safe

Bandit > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/10/2015 at 08:13

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I did that over the summer... not feeling like doing another rebuild.