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What have I found in the bottom of my engine?????
Special Air Service - July 25th, 2008 at 09:54 PM

OK guys, lets ahev a guessing competition.

Found these broken bits of bakelite / hardened rubber / plastic in the bootom of my beetle engine when doing an oil change in preperation for valla. They loook like some kind of washer or seal & it looks like ther would have been 2 of them. They were sitting in a pile on the sump plate.

What the hell are they?

I have had the car for about 6 yrs, never had the motor apart, never had any big issues, never dropped anythng down the oil filler that I am aware of. Needless to say I am now a bit nervous.

What do you think.
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk307/VLK55Y/2004_0101Image0094.jpg

Cheers
Brendan


Craig Torrens - July 25th, 2008 at 10:31 PM

Look like valve stem seals...............I wouldn't worry about it.

If you take the rocker covers off, and look at the valve stems through the valve springs you will find that they are missing.


hellbugged - July 25th, 2008 at 10:35 PM

yep, valve stem seals...........there was a thread about these the other day


1303Steve - July 25th, 2008 at 11:08 PM

Looks like diced olives


Craig Torrens - July 25th, 2008 at 11:24 PM

get worried if you find an anchovy :lol:


Special Air Service - July 25th, 2008 at 11:39 PM

Thanks guys, I'll have a look when I do the tappets over the weekend. I didnt realise there were valve stem seals on these buggers.

See you at Valla.

Cheers
Brendan


68AutoBug - July 26th, 2008 at 12:58 AM

No One uses valve stem oil seals these days..

and i thought they were thinner and longer..

but if your engine is going OK
and they were rubber seals of some sort

i wouldn't be worried..

I hope we all make it to Valla Nambucca heads OK

Lee


dangerous - July 26th, 2008 at 07:09 AM

Have a taste.
If it tastes like an olive but smells like an anchovi,
may not be such a bad thing.

Sorry, I am sick, sick man.


LIFE IN THE LOW LANE - July 26th, 2008 at 07:22 AM

Ok that's just bad dangerous. Time for you to go for a "bushwalk".......


TheMiniMan - July 26th, 2008 at 11:03 AM

You what smells worse than anchovies?? :-) don`t anwser that one


byronmcmanus59 - July 26th, 2008 at 03:51 PM

i dunno if im heading on my on little tangent here but..

theres only two things that smell like fish.. and ones fish.


Joel - July 27th, 2008 at 10:41 AM

oh plz :rolleyes:

take it to BA ppl :lol:


amazeer - July 28th, 2008 at 05:43 PM

no dramas. Just do a quick rebuild on one of the caravan site slabs. At least you dont have a turbo and shrouds to pull off!

:cool: