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upnsmoke
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hi all. i am rebuilding my 2.0 and found some strange pieces of metal in the oil pan. not sure, but i believe previous owner had one hydraulic lifter go bad. i pulled the valve cover and found one new lifter and one new rocker with few miles on them, and the original exhaust valve under the replaced lifter/rocker, with the end peened over something awful. rebuilt the top end since then so none of that is of concern. old oil pump had some nasty looking scratches, but whatever got into it wasnt bad enough to break the drive shaft. found these pieces in the pan, look like they were a complete ring at one point with an O.D. something close to a penny. it is driving me crazy trying to figure out what these pieces are and where they came from. doesnt look like part of a lifter. only guesses i have now are part of a pressure relief on the old oil pump or something out of the bottom of the distributor. I will have the distributor out tomorrow, hopefully that tells me something useful. i got the best pictures i could, i was hoping someone here may recognize them or know where they may have come from. sorry for the long post and thanks for reading.
now that's funny. penny was not in the oil pan- that would have worried me a little, though not necessarily surprised me after seeing some of the things the previous owner did. well, 4b316 and mark88, thanks for your input and i feel a little better now. maybe i will not bother with pulling the distributor, especially since i know the timing is close enough to fire up and break the new cam in. oil pump has been replaced and i cut the oil filter open, did not find anything too ugly. wish me luck and thanks again.
