[DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you turned the engine over by hand that's not going to generate 
enough oil flow to float it around.

You could always pull the oil pan and check in there. That's not 
nearly as ugly as pulling the timing chain cover.

Have you started it up yet? What's the status?

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote:
> If it fell into the oil pan it would spend its life lounging there. 
I never
> saw it in or around the chains. I even turned the engine over a 
bunch of
> times to verify there was nothing in there.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:40 AM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question
> > 
> > It may not be critical to operation but you'll experience what we 
in
> > the Navy call FOD. Foreign Object Damage.
> > 
> > Having a stray piece of metal drifting around in your timing chain
> > cover riding the oil currents is probably not a good idea.
> > 
> > Ask the others though. I may be overstating the situation.
> > 
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > > Okay, bare with me as I attempt to explain my situation.
> > >
> > > During my procedure of replacing the RS cam sprocket, I had to 
get
> > into the
> > > timing cover and push the piston back in to slacken the chain. 
That
> > didn't
> > > give me quite enough room so I removed the tensioning arm just
> > below it.
> > > This gave me the room I needed to slip the sprocket back on.
> > >
> > > However, when I took the tensioning arm off, I thought I heard 
the
> > distinct
> > > jingle of metal falling and hitting metal. I never saw anything 
and
> > could
> > > never figure out what fell. Apparently a washer that rests 
against
> > the
> > > engine block fell when I removed the tensioner.
> > >
> > > If you look at items 12, 13, and 14 you'll see my concern.
> > >
> > > http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9
<http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9&PageCat=1%>
&PageCat=1%
> > 2DEngine
> > >
> > > My question is, how crucial is this little washer? Should I take
> > the cover
> > > off (oh jeez, not again) and reinstall it?
> > 
> > 
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