Help Identifying Metal in D1105 oil pan

[ArcticOrange]

Hi,
I removed the oil pan on a d1105 to weld up a crack in it and discovered a piece of metal in there that I wanted a second set of eyes on. It was directly under the cylinder closest to the flywheel. And from the markings on the oil pan it has been sitting in there rattling around in that spot for a while. It looks almost exactly like the end of an oil dip stick, and the dipstick is on that end of the motor. Rotating the motor over by hand I can see that it would be possible to get the dipstick in the way of the connecting rods/crank if you pushed it around hard while the motor was running.

Just wanted to run it by some folks with experience on these motors before I went ahead and buttoned it back up. Engine seems to run good. Good compression and very clean oil. Nothing crazy going on when I look up into the block with a mirror. But trying to decide if I need to go further.

 

[Jsjac]

Is that part of a dipstick?

 

[GreensvilleJay]

hmm, it DOES look like the bottom end below the 'full' mark ! Have to wonder HOW it can be pushed down though??

 

[ArcticOrange]

It's really similar to the existing dipstick, it looks like that what it is for sure (I hope). I don't really see what else it could be from, it's pretty big... Maybe someone or something landed on the dipstick while the motor was running and it ripped the end off of it...

 

[ArcticOrange]

I reassembled it and ran it for 2 hours with no I'll effects. I will post back if it blows up.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

@Runs With Scissors had something like that in his truck differential. Parts look a little different after they run through the meat grinder.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

@Runs With Scissors had something like that in his truck differential. Parts look a little different after they run through the meat grinder.

Yes sir, very similar.

However, there are 2 differences.

1. It was glaringly obvious where mine came from.


2. I had a “noise” for about a year previous, so I was “very sure” I had a bad bearing in one of my differentials. Hence, the reason for pulling them apart.


If I were the OP, with no obvious noises/symptoms, I would chalk it up to one of the “Mysterys of the Universe” and move along, instead of possibly “opening a can of worms”.

Just my .02…..