Travis, I have had worse fall into the oil pan. The oil pump won't pick it up. It will just lye around and bug the hell out of you till you take it out. If it was smaller than the pan drain, then next time you change the oil, put a magnetic extender into it and try to fish it out. John Hervey www.specialTauto.com -----Original Message----- From: Travis Goodwin [mailto:tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:33 AM To: 'DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: One nit-picky question 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > 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? > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595055/R=0/SIG=124j83ehr/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595055> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595055/rand=784372964> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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