BlackThornDemon

I found some black plastic pieces (mostly rectangular with 1 half circle piece) while changing my oil pan gasket. They're pretty big. I was taking pictures of them when my phone went full retard, but I'll try to get some pictures.

Any ideas?

BlackThornDemon

asand1

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My guess would be timing chain tensioners, but I haven't had a VQ apart yet..

steezmuffin686

well hello. lol, has it been running funny? like did you notice anything different at all?

maxfever1987

iTrader: (93)

Hardened plastic? Or rubber

CallMeThatOneGuy

iTrader: (2)

Maybe a chain guide.. That's my educated guess after just doing the 3.0 timing on a 3.5!

Climaxx

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It 'kinda' looks like it would be part of the cam chain tensioners/guides. But I doubt they fit through the oil channels... I just sealed up the timing chain cover on my 3.0 today. And there's not a whole lot of space for something that large to come out of there.

But on the other hand, I have no clue

Trini Boom

iTrader: (5)

That could only come from the timing chain area which is probably a guide. But I am curious about the metal piece there because it looks like a curved nail....

BlackThornDemon

Its all plastic.


Is it a huge concern? Should I be pulling my timing cover off soon to find out what happened?

CallMeThatOneGuy

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If you aren't having issues then I wouldn't worry about it. It looks like just part of a guide, which wouldn't really hurt much. Now saying that, you may still want to peek in there and see what's missing

Fakie J Farkerton

iTrader: (51)

Unrelated, but maybe not...just use black RTV on the oil pan instead of a gasket.
No leaks ever again.

BlackThornDemon

I just thought about it and I'm hearing some 'clicking' noise. I think I may crack open the timing cover to see what's up.