Re: Valve Bay Surprise

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2015/5/27 15:58:45

Thank you O_D for the prompt reply and for keeping me from messing up what I believe to be a pretty good engine. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and it seems that before I posted this, I was a real danger.

I looked at the pictures I sent and I want to point out that the shiny surfaces are not wet but glazed - which probably makes the problem worse. I had planned to use corks for the drain holes but the cam followers and the oil feeder lines sailed right over my head. That sludge might get into the rod and main bearings sailed right after. MY reason for the corks was to keep the little things like valve spring locks from falling into the engine. I honestly thought that cleaning out the oil pan afterwards would be all I needed to worry about.

So, I'll buy more corks. I can see already that this project has grown larger than I had originally thought it would - and I'm only on the engine! I did plan on dropping the pan and cleaning that out. When I have solvent in the pan, I think I'll try using a magnet for trolling for small pieces of metal.

Once the pan is down and out, I'll take some pictures of the underside - even if it looks good to me - and post them so that everyone can look for things that I probably will miss.

Thanks again O_D for your help. It is definitely appreciated.