Look What I Found

[Perfectlap]

You have to wonder if there's a German Porsche engineer somewhere still saying to himself "see Fritz I told you the little balls were not good a choice"

[shadrach74]

This engine has been contaminated with metal . I am amazed it did not fail catastrophically. The good news is that valves did not hit pistons. The bad news is that it needs to be torn down to retrieve all the bearing bits that have been traveling through the engine. Some folks may tell you that you can flush the system and replace the bearing (though it looks like the IMS itself is trashed), but I think there's no way to flush the engine of all of that metal without a tear down...

[pjq]

Thanks for the feed back.
ByPro what are you looking for to determine if an oil pump is still good or needs to be replaced? (just thinking ahead)

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by pjq

Thanks for the feed back.
ByPro what are you looking for to determine if an oil pump is still good or needs to be replaced? (just thinking ahead)

You will see when you get it apart, it's supposed to be a very tight fit in there. I was more thinking if you see alot of metal in the gears you can better judge if you might be able to save this engine or start looking for another engine to get your car running sooner.

[pjq]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

You will see when you get it apart, it's supposed to be a very tight fit in there. I was more thinking if you see alot of metal in the gears you can better judge if you might be able to save this engine or start looking for another engine to get your car running sooner.

Yeahhhh.... but I really want to see what went wrong inside this block of aluminum.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by pjq

Yeahhhh.... but I really want to see what went wrong inside this block of aluminum.

Yeah, for sure you want to find out what's reusable, but you might decide at some point that it will be better to buy another engine. You want to take your time disassembling the engine & inspect every part as you go.