So i was tearing down my engine and in the oil pan I found this:

what is it?

 

Thats bearing material bro, it doesnt look good.

 

yep. rotor bearings, e-shaft, stat gear bearings and the oil pump are most likely all junk. trust me, i've seen it before.

sorry man, happens to the best of us...

 

and you really have to be concerned with anywhere that oil was flowing. is this on a turbo car?

 

well how can i tell if these parts are bad?
thanks for your responses guys.

and yes it is turbo'd

 

well for one, why did you have to remove the oil pan? i suppose you already got the motor out?

 

just look at them, you will be able to tell. the bearings will be all chewed up and the e-shaft will look like you drug it behind the car for the last 50 miles. oil pump should be smooth but yours will most likely have some pretty nasty gouges in it...


if you do buy new parts to put it back togeather, be sure to flush the oil cooler or that will cost you another motor!

 

yeah. im rebuilding it

 

all of those parts look brand new....

 

Pics of the bearings and e-shaft.

 

 

The bearings have a real shine to them so its hard to tell from the pic, but with that amount of material in your pan I would have expected them to be torn up pretty bad and have that copper colored look to them. The E-shaft looks like it got pretty hot on the front journal but if its smooth to the touch it might be okay. I was expecting much worse, but like red87 said, flush out your cooler and lines real well before the re-install.

Is your turbo okay?

 

Got a pic of the front stat gear bearing?

 

turbo is fine. how do i flush the oil cooler?

 

i'll have one up tomorrow but i'll tell you its smooth

 

In a parts washer would be best. If you dont have one available to you but know a good shop, they would prolly do it real cheap, doesnt take long.

 

All that is bearing material. And there is a load of it.

It's amazing that the e-shaft looks that good, as does the bearings. If they are totally smooth and within spec, no reason not to re-use.

The oil pump will be totalled.

It looks like it all came from the turbo, based on the pattern in the pan. You can see how it sort of streamed down from the drain.