Re: Oil pan findings

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2012/1/4 5:42:51

As HH56 pointed out valve keepers are an easy thing to lose when building a motor and they often wind up down in the pan. It is fairly common to find keepers, nuts, washers and other random bits of junk.

The keepers could have been lost during an overhaul or even when the engine was being built. The mechanic just went and got some more, it was not worth the bother of hunting for the ones he dropped.

There are no keepers missing off your valves, if there were you would know it because the valve springs would fall off and the valves would fall out.