[jb92563]

Originally Posted by kjc2050

The piece on the right (in the photo with the penny) looks like excess sealant. That may also be the case with the piece on the top. Are these - or other - pieces soft and rubbery? If yes, that's what they are, and there's no cause for concern as far as those pieces are concerned.

I assume you do not have a Durametric?

I concur, they look like rubbery sealant bits and is common and no cause for concern.

If not sealant and they are aluminum bits then theres trouble brewing and if they are magnetic then something terrible is about to happen and you better solve it before running the engine again.

Opening the oil filter and examining the paper for metalic bits might not be a bad idea.

However they just look like sealant and are no cause for concern as long as they are few in number and dont plug the oil galleries (or oil intake) leading to important stuff like bearings.