Ok guys, I am finally having my Knocking in my motor worked on...praying i can get the 3.7 to replace it . So the engine is tore down and I find a few pieces of this plastic stuck in the oil pump filter. Any ideas what it may be from? I know its not a gasket from the valve covers..its hard and has a definant shape to it. Its round but has a square shape to it if that makes any sense.

 

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Hopefully this works

 

Oil filter or valve cover gasket ? Looks like a gasket of some sort. Anything leaking ? Has the intake manifold been off ? Note the valve covers are powder coated so probably removed at some point.

 

Looks like a chain tensioner shoe, old style

 

+ one on the chain tensioner...most possible there.

 

I know its not from the intake or the valve covers. It looks like something from maybe the front or rear seals..maybe? It looks to be the right size if it was complete.

So max, if those pieces impedes enough oil flow do you think it could cause the tapping? I do notice it more when stopping ,like the oil is shifting and maybe not getting enough coverage.

I just know I miss driving it, even though I have 800 new choices on the lot I can take home. F150, F250...etc.. mustangs just not the 2015 yet.

 

I would suggest the tapping could come from a lack of oil...I would have to hear it to be sure.

 

Kind of looks like a dipstick in profile, is the dipstick plastic?

 

It kind of looks like the oil filter I had disintegrate one time when I changed my oil. The whole filter innards went and tore up and small plastic parts were in the filter housing at the bottom. Took a while to get them out, I found the inner filter tore up along the shaft where it mounted. Check the filter that came out.

 

ok i need some help....what is the web address for the used parts locator? Apparently my cylinder wall #5 i believe is all scarred up. From someone else putting the heads back on wrong and screwing up the guides.

 

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

Contact sk8erjosh09 - I think he has a good 3.2 block

 

Talking about MrMopar?

 

Here is the damage...

 

Repeat after me:

"One should never, ever use a hydraulic press to mount cylinder heads".

That's awful. Track that peckerwood down. For all of us...

 

How in the world you buggar it that way I'll never understand. Stupidity squared. Sorry for the pain and suffering ....

Les

 

No worries...tomorrow I should know if the warranty company will replace the motor with a 3.7 cough...I mean 3.2 lol. You know you really cant tell the difference between the two