CRAP IN MY ENGINE GLASS??? NEW TO ME
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Car: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am (Recaro)
Engine: 5.0 v8 (305 TBI)
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CRAP IN MY ENGINE GLASS??? NEW TO ME
when i removed the valve covers i noticed some hair like substance and plastic bits on the heads, then today removing the sump there was glass in the oil pump filter and even plastic and bits of metal, am just wonderin i kinda know where the metal bit came from but the hair, glass and plastic is new to me anyone got any ideas. The strange thing is the engine was runnin alright and with over half the oil pump filter covered in crap i still had good oil pressure am conffused?
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Car: 1982 Pontiac Trans Am (Recaro)
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Yeah but by the way this car is the previous owner glued everything that broken spent $1000's so far now i have to rebuild the engine and tranny dont you love people like this
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i think your engine ate a cat
mine does that every now and then... just change the oil and monitor the next change
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haha!
Maybe a critter crawled into the brether tube at some point in time?
As for the glass, who knows... Maybe someone thought it was a good idea after a few dozzen beer...
Maybe a critter crawled into the brether tube at some point in time?
As for the glass, who knows... Maybe someone thought it was a good idea after a few dozzen beer...
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well the way the car was sounding and driving i thought there was a cat in the engine and it had more to drink than me
and the way it look when i got the car i thought i had been in a couple of bar fights, well now after all its drinkin its time for the heart transplant and while am at it the kindy (tanny) needs a rebuild Dr. D in the house "paging Dr. D to ward 10, code blue" always wanted to be a doctor
and the way it look when i got the car i thought i had been in a couple of bar fights, well now after all its drinkin its time for the heart transplant and while am at it the kindy (tanny) needs a rebuild Dr. D in the house "paging Dr. D to ward 10, code blue" always wanted to be a doctor
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