OPG FAILED last night, street car.

[Roh92cp]

Here are 4 more pulled from the same side. They look better and 2 you can't feel anything on the fingernail and the other 2 just barley.

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[Superman15]

Please stop showing pictures. I very much so wan't everything to be ok for you, and I am not liking the depth of those grooves. UUgghhh.. still hoping the pics are a little worse than reality, and you are just fine.

 

[Roh92cp]

Please stop showing pictures. I very much so wan't everything to be ok for you, and I am not liking the depth of those grooves. UUgghhh.. still hoping the pics are a little worse than reality, and you are just fine.

I know and I so want to be able to run it like this and see what happens to. Out of the 5 cam bearing the first is the only one you can barley feel a slight edge.

 

[Superman15]

The groove itself isn't as concerning as not knowing what exactly caused it. And whether or not what caused it is still floating around somewhere. As always, good luck my friend.

 

[Roh92cp]

I'm wondering at wide open does the oil bypass the filter which would send fragments into the cam oil passages.

 

[sigintel]

:coolphotos:Could be a flake from oil pump got by filter during bypass while pump was still making pressure. Could also just be from factory start up. :ford: Lol.
Filter pictures? You cut it open and spread out the media?

A groove in the center of a journal isnt going to change the performance of that journal.
Grooves to the edge or opened up play all the way to edge will allow it to dump oil and cam wont get enough support. You have to circulating alot of crap to get to that point.

Could pull cams and blow passages down with aerosol into the pan. If not, worst case there is a piece that will slowly wear down and eventually spend its life circulating around it that groove until it is rounded off. You could mix 50% naptha in on first startup and let it dump back to the pan again to see if any other pieces wash back down.

You can also just lift cams and expose crank and hook garden hose or air compressor up to the oil filter output and blow the block out.

Your are solidly in the grey area.

 

[Lost]

Yes, filter pics!

Keeping fingers crossed for you!

 

[Travis@boostworks]

Filter can't filter if the pump instantly stops working. ;)

 

[Roh92cp]

Filter can't filter if the pump instantly stops working. ;)

Right, so then it would seem most of the shrapnel would just sit in the pump then drain back to the pan. Any thoughts on the bearing caps.

 

[Lost]

Filter can't filter if the pump instantly stops working. ;)

LOL true dat!

 

[mustang1]

no photos yet of the OPG ?

 

[keltymd]

If there is no flow it would not hit the bearing caps for the mains/rods either.

 

[pro 5.0]

Metal particles are only part of the problem, if that motor was at high rpm and the pump failed causing the motor to lose oil pressure there is a high possibility that any of the bearings could have touched off. Usually in these situations we try to convince ourselves that it may be ok, but the only true way to know is to do a complete teardown. A lot of work yes but it's worth the piece of mind.

 

[boosted4life]

Sorry for your misfortune. I just installed my whipple this week and this thread actually made me just install the opg and timing gear just to be on the safe side. Hope you get it all figured on soon.

 

[sigintel]

Filter can't filter if the pump instantly stops working. ;)

Unless pump cracked or flaked before completely failing?

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