metal in oil pan

[red devils dude]

engine bearings arent ball bearings there... well I dont know what there called but how they work
is forceing oil on to a thin piece between the bearing and the crank so the meatal rides on a micropic layer of oil.

 

[clinto]

The layer of oil is the hydrodynamic wedge

 

[red devils dude]

thank you I could not find that info.

 

[volver]

I added spin on oil filters today. This is the second time I have changed the oil. When I drained the oil I found metal springs in the oil. AHHHH NOOOOO!!!! They are 1/4 inch diameter coils of smooth round spring steel. The pieces total about 2 inches in length. They are cut into pieces and some smashed flat.

What are they from? I though maybe they are pieces of safety wire, but they are too thin and springy.

Any ideas

 

[Carlo]

Oil analysis could tell you the type of metal found to identify where it came from.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Post pics. Could be anything, but some of us might recognize where they came from.

 

[doghead]

Iirc, the last guy with spring wire in his oil found they were from his governor.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Iirc, the last guy with spring wire in his oil found they were from his governor.

Injection pump governor.

 

[doghead]

Is there another governor somewhere else?

 

[gimpyrobb]

You and I know this, others don't.

 

[mbehne]

^^^^

I know.....I need your avatar SUPERsized.... but that's all I know!

 

[gimpyrobb]

Like this?

 

[bill2444]

The last time I found metal in the oil pan, it was the oil pump laying in the bottom!!!

 

[volver]

The engine never sees more than 2400 rpm. If it is the governor I would not have noticed.

 

[volver]

I checked the old oil filters. There is nothing on or in them.

 

[volver]

How come hot girls never come by and play in the back of my truck?

 

[welldigger]

I spy springs and safety wire. I'd guess its from the injector pump. Probably the governor assembly. The governor does way more than limit the max rpm of the engine.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I guess I'm gonna have to pull a junk IP apart to see whats in there...

 

[m16ty]

Having never had a piston out of a deuce I'm going out on a limb here.

Does the piston oil ring have a spring in it? I know a lot of other engines do. That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the pics. I don't know how they would come out in that big of pieces without a broken piston or sleeve though.

 

[welldigger]

Having never had a piston out of a deuce I'm going out on a limb here.

Does the piston oil ring have a spring in it? I know a lot of other engines do. That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the pics. I don't know how they would come out in that big of pieces without a broken piston or sleeve though.

Hmm thats a very good question. I honestly don't know what the rings on a multifuel piston look like.

What has me intrigued is in the top right of his photo I can't tell if thats more springs or twisted safety wire. There also appears to be a chunk of something that isn't spring or safety wire.