Engine tare down Mystery parts ?

F1scamp said:

Yup, that was my guess. Did you knick it with the oil drain for the turbo? It is a weird thing to fail.

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Dont think so ? Look how far away it is .

Wow that is strange.

I would figure that when the oil squirter tube broke off it was hit by the crank which then impacted the oil level sensor hard enough to break it. It's a chain reaction!

Damm man that sucks,but the good thing is maybe the engine was not damaged that bad.U said bearings looked good,if so i would look at the top end bearings and if they look good put a new squirter on and put it back together.Was it idling when this happen.

Does the oil pickup tube have a crush bend from the factory?

Tommy V said:

Damm man that sucks,but the good thing is maybe the engine was not damaged that bad.U said bearings looked good,if so i would look at the top end bearings and if they look good put a new squirter on and put it back together.Was it idling when this happen.

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I noticed a wierd noise at about 2-3k on decell so i checked the oil and seen metal ? But my bearings are good so ill have to check the oil pump. Ill do a complete tare down this weekend and report back.

GTBOB said:

Does the oil pickup tube have a crush bend from the factory?

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Yes

Not sure how much metal u seen but some could have come from the squirter,if so i think your good as your oil was not completely cut off and u was not at wot.

O im sure this has been going on a while , i got a couple cam caps that are scored. So im sure at wot the top end was starved.

Here is a complete oil level sensor.

Maybe the metal was from drilling the hole for the drain back? Just as a side note- I have never seen an aluminum journaled ohc setup that didn't have some kind scoring or marks in the cam caps when taken apart. Mine had a couple that had lines through them, I just cleaned them up and put it back together..

This post will cause a massive internet viral threads on how someone aftermarket needs to make an aftermarket oil level sensor and this kills every 5.0 motor within 30k miles.

Sucks this happened!

FATHERFORD said:

This post will cause a massive internet viral threads on how someone aftermarket needs to make an aftermarket oil level sensor and this kills every 5.0 motor within 30k miles.

Sucks this happened!

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I will never spin my motor above idle again.

FATHERFORD said:

This post will cause a massive internet viral threads on how someone aftermarket needs to make an aftermarket oil level sensor and this kills every 5.0 motor within 30k miles.

Sucks this happened!

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Lol true !!

Oil pan was punched not drilled