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Re: Keep wiping out bearings.

#31 Post by vegaracer » Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:39 pm

wikd69 wrote:
vegaracer wrote:Dropped the pan again tonight, and all looks good. Guess that was the problem (shavings in the oil passages). Lesson learned there. Thanks for everyones help.
So how did you detect the first failure with the new motor ? Sounds ? Peel the filter and found frags ?
The pan was seeping oil around the rear main, so we dropped it and found crud in the bottom of the pan. Dropped one main and seen the carnage, so we dropped the rest and thought, this ain't good.
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Re: Keep wiping out bearings.

#32 Post by wikd69 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:14 am

vegaracer wrote:
wikd69 wrote:
vegaracer wrote:Dropped the pan again tonight, and all looks good. Guess that was the problem (shavings in the oil passages). Lesson learned there. Thanks for everyones help.
So how did you detect the first failure with the new motor ? Sounds ? Peel the filter and found frags ?
The pan was seeping oil around the rear main, so we dropped it and found crud in the bottom of the pan. Dropped one main and seen the carnage, so we dropped the rest and thought, this ain't good.
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