yetterben Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 While i was removing pistons from a donor turbo motor i found this little bugger inside the skirt area near the pin. WTF is it UFO something from the motor. Does not look like anything related to a L series. Two bearings are chewed pretty bad. Crazy thing is this motor was running. Blown HG but it ran and did not knock. Pistons appear to be good as these are the ones i am sliding into my block later tonight. Ideas on this strange bugger. Appears to be brass. The rest appears to have made its way threw two rod bearings at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexPie Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 cam barring look on the bright side, your engine is still functional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 its not big enough...only the size of half a dime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob80 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Looks like half of the bearing from the turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Could be but man it finding its way threw the intake threw a valve and past the piston into the sump?????? thats alot of what if's. I say that cause there is not internal damage that i can see out side of the bearing shells. Wanted to see if someone recognized it or if it was just fodder dropped down the oil fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) I like Jacob's answer. Could it have made it's way through the oil return? It's a pretty big passage. I *think* the bearing could break and fall through the return. I have never taken apart a T3 though. Hello, T3 bearing: Edited June 7, 2010 by flatblack280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Badda Bing thats it. It must have had to fall threw the return then. No other logical reason to see it under the skirt up buy the pin. Crazy. Judging buy this people really need to check there stock turbo's to make sure this does not happen. Wiped out 3 shells. Edited June 8, 2010 by yetterben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 "No other logical reason to see it under the skirt up buy the pin." Foaming oil lets the lightweight bearing float, where it's hit by the spinning crankshaft and flung up high where it eventually lodges... My vote was going to turbo bearing as well, then the nice photos were posted and cemented the source. Now you know how it got up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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