bridfi

dont really know where this thread should be, so mods please move it where it belongs...

i was cleaning out my oil pan and noticed some small metal shavings... have no effing clue where they came from... but another thing that really troubled me was this very tiny spring, it is probably about a quarter of the size of my fingertip... i tried to take a pic..



circled in blue are the metal shavings, and circled in red is the tiny ass spring

does anyone have any idea wtf this spring is for? or where it came from??????

Tazmanian_Dvl

i dunno of any springs that small in a motor...

bridfi

i know right thats what i was thinking... the smallest one i know of is in the timing chain tensioner, but that one is 20 times bigger than this one i found...

highrider43

is that an oil pan or a tranny pan????.......fluid looks like tranny fluid.

bridfi

thats the cleaner... it is the oil pan.

i had to stop midway when i found the little spring.

eurochevy

thats really strange that thing is tiny..what purpose could it possibly serve in an engine

bridfi

i have no idea... im scared to rebuild it now and have something not work...........

phrozen

Are you sure it's a spring and not just a coiled metal shaving? I've seen stuff like that in the metal shop... Of course, either way.... it doesn't sound good..

bridfi

well its coiled damn near perfectly... lol

ls1fbody

well your engine spins with extremely close tolerances, it's very likely that it is just a tightly coiled metal shaving. at least let's hope so, haha

SuperchargedSS

Holy *****'...

I wouldnt worry about it. Get on it and see how she pulls..

This is why I dont clean my oil pan...

joeworkstoohard

i would guess that' it's shavings left over from the milling.