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Recommend flushing the cooling system well anyway due
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I would recommend flushing the cooling system well anyway due to the possibility that some debris made it into some of the passages and circulated.
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Currently pulling apart bad engine from my "986 roller". When I removed the oil cooler, I found this part stuck inside. Already have a replacement used engine.
I'm hoping someone will recognize this "remnant" and give me some hints on what I will need to clean in the oil path before putting a different engine in the car.
It's non-magnetic if that helps. Also, the engine won't turn over, which isn't surprising. It was sold due to a hole in the case from where a chain tried to get out.
Thank you for your help.
-Eric (1999 986 5-speed Project)
From the tiny picture on my phone, that looks like the remnant of a water pump vane. Check bearing play on the water pump. If it feels loose, it probably made contact inside and there is the result.
It looks familiar, but I can't quite place it. I'm guessing that it's rigid dark plastic? Probably part of a chain ramp. I'll take a look at a scrapped engine this evening and see if I can spot it. Not from the water pump.
As for the oil path, it should all be internal to the engine other then the filler tube and dipstick. I would recommend flushing the cooling system well anyway due to the possibility that some debris made it into some of the passages and circulated.
I found similar black plastic in my oil cooler. Mine were in the coolant circuit and measured and found the thickness equal to the vanes on a pump impeller. Mine are of greater concern because they were in my replacement engine. Planning on flushing it while it's on the stand - waiting for a spring day!
Hey Eric, lemme ask a different question: doesn't your replacement engine have an oil cooler on it? What are you concerned about cleaning-out?
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Maytag, I think I got ahead of myself. Sort of expected an oil cooler in the front bumper, but you guys straightened me out.
To be safe, I was going to put a new 3.2 oil cooler on the 2.5 when I install it.
If the piece was magnetic, to me it resembles a part of a valve spring washer, but it's aluminum or very hard plastic.
Thanks for pointing out it really doesn't matter, all oil stays in the engine!
-Eric
