Bonehead Mistake = Possible Engine Damage?
Thread Starter
5th Gear
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Well,
For anyone interested here's where things are currently at:
Went to well known race engine shop in area (in business for 45 years), and confessed. Good guys, and they didn't seem to think that the engine would necessarily be a complete boat anchor. According to them a spun bearing(s), would normally result in "strings" of copper-like bearing material showing up in the oil, along with reduced oil pressure on starting, etc. with possible not-fun noises emanating from the motor.
I drained all of the oil that I had put in last night, and then ran it through a funnel with a very fine mesh screen. There was absolutely nothing at all on the screen.The canister filter element was completely clean with nothing either outside or inside the center bore that I could see. There was no metal of any kind anywhere in the oil or on the filter that I could spot.
Possibly a stuck PCV valve could account for the oil that went missing in action between when I checked before driving the car home last year, and taking it out of storage. I will be installing a new PCV valve, and on the advice of the race shop may run Joe Gibbs break in oil for a few hundred miles just to make certain that the rings are properly seated, as the motor was refreshed perhaps 2,000 miles ago.
The main problem now is that I am having an even harder time than normal keeping my eyes of the oil pressure gauge when driving. Yikes.
For anyone interested here's where things are currently at:
Went to well known race engine shop in area (in business for 45 years), and confessed. Good guys, and they didn't seem to think that the engine would necessarily be a complete boat anchor. According to them a spun bearing(s), would normally result in "strings" of copper-like bearing material showing up in the oil, along with reduced oil pressure on starting, etc. with possible not-fun noises emanating from the motor.
I drained all of the oil that I had put in last night, and then ran it through a funnel with a very fine mesh screen. There was absolutely nothing at all on the screen.The canister filter element was completely clean with nothing either outside or inside the center bore that I could see. There was no metal of any kind anywhere in the oil or on the filter that I could spot.
Possibly a stuck PCV valve could account for the oil that went missing in action between when I checked before driving the car home last year, and taking it out of storage. I will be installing a new PCV valve, and on the advice of the race shop may run Joe Gibbs break in oil for a few hundred miles just to make certain that the rings are properly seated, as the motor was refreshed perhaps 2,000 miles ago.
The main problem now is that I am having an even harder time than normal keeping my eyes of the oil pressure gauge when driving. Yikes.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,520
Likes: 11
From: Hinckley OH
You inspired me to go check my oil and tranny fluid. I'm planning on cruising up to Geneva on the Lake with my girlfriend tomorrow. I don't want any unforseen problems. I don't want to hear that noise that comes from banging my head on the wall.
