Gold/Bronze tint in oil and oil filter.

[Moon Ill]

Sound like bearing shavings? Just need a confirmation.

I don't have any pictures because I was in quite a hurry changing the oil, but I figure someone might have seen this before.

Nothing felt solid, but it was just a bronze/gold tint within the dark blackness of the oil.

edit:

SHIT! Wrong section, I thought this was tech.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Sound like bearing shavings? Just need a confirmation.

I don't have any pictures because I was in quite a hurry changing the oil, but I figure someone might have seen this before.

Nothing felt solid, but it was just a bronze/gold tint within the dark blackness of the oil.

edit:

SHIT! Wrong section, I thought this was tech.

Bearings, willing to bet rod bearings. Might wanna drop the oil pan for a better look. Let us know if you strike gold...

[Moon Ill]

Damn, but that is what I was going with.

I was hoping someone would say "Nah, sometimes gold magically does that or maybe it was the sun." I dunno.

I'll have to do it Friday. I'll get back to you guys then w/ pictures too.

[Ceepo]

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/31/l_3add8f85862a4f9da1ad5f99f8c6d1e9.jpg

Looks like that be prepaired to do a bottom end rebuild :( i got my sr for 500 bucks with a spun rod bearing(cylinder 3) thats what the oil pan looked like when i dropped it :) hope that helps...

[Moon Ill]

I appreciate that post man. It'll help me when I drop my pan.

Hopefully it doesn't look like that. But if it does. I guess I'll be in the market for a long block so I don't have any downtime between the rebuild.

[Moon Ill]

So, I spent the last couple of hours trying to get the oil pan off.

2 butter knives and some busted wood later. It's still on there.

I tried to prey, but when I opened my eyes I saw that God hadn't had much success getting it off either. The oil came out black, but no gold/bronze deposits.

I'm about to say fuck it with the oil pan, it's pissing me off something serious.

I searched on how to remove it, in case there was some super-special way. I found threads talking about jacking the engine up, but that's now what I did last time and I got it to fall. If I hit it too hard I'm sure I'll dent it, but man that's what I feel like doing right now.

Oh well, I'm going to finish these Honeynut Cheerios and then get back at it.

[silviaz]

You sould wait until it blows... then, change what's fcked.

[fliprayzin240sx]

If its a KA, forget dropping the pan, I wouldnt worry about it just yet. If its an SR, yah i'd be saving money for another bottom end when the time comes.

The only thing if its a KA is figuring out what may be causing it to get shavings, could be a low oil pressure. If thats the case then you have bigger things to worry about than just dropping the oil pan.

[Moon Ill]

Pictures will be pointless.

Nothing in the oil or oil pan (I got it off around 9 using a scraper).

I'm wondering what it was now.

edit:

It's a SR20DET. But I'm with you on the saving thing. I'm going to go ahead and start saving up JIC.