It is normal to find some brass (timing gear / distributor gear). It is normal to find bearing flakes if you ' haven't never ' cleaned the strainer in years and years. Stan On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 19:18:14 -0500 Jeff Strickrott <jstric01@CS.FIU.EDU> writes: > Hi All: > > I was performing Stan's ShapingUp procedure on my 82 Vanagon and > when > cleaning out the oil strainer I found a bunch of metal shavings. > They > are not magnetic, so either some type of stainless or aluminum. > > Does this mean the engine is a goner? I am not sure if the metal > slivers > (flakes) where in the engine and my cleaning just flushed them out, > or > if they are the result of my valve adjustment. I have only idled the > car > about 20 minutes since the valve adjustment. It could be from a > valve > seat (though I would think that would be steel and hence magnetic) > but > my engine vacuum actually improved. > > Now the van sits with all the oil drained out of it. Any suggestions > as > to the next course of action? Know of any good engine rebuilders > within > shipping distance of South Florida?. The local VW shops I would not > want > to use. > > Regards, > --Jeff Strickrott > 82 Westy, South Florida > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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