Hey all. First post. Some background : 2003 protege5 with near 200k miles. Two bottom end rebuilds due to negligence. Spits out oil smoke on hard corners.
Had a leaking oil pan gasket, so I pulled the pan off to replace the gasket. Inside the pan I found two small pieces of steel tubing with 90 degree bends. Looked beat to hell, like they'd really been through the ringer.
Possibly related : has top end chatter, sounds like maybe valve noise or maybe timing chain slap? Not sure if the FS DE has those issues. Will attach photo of tubing once home from work, need to change form PNG to JPEG. Any ideas?
Thanks
Daniel
Had a leaking oil pan gasket, so I pulled the pan off to replace the gasket. Inside the pan I found two small pieces of steel tubing with 90 degree bends. Looked beat to hell, like they'd really been through the ringer.
Possibly related : has top end chatter, sounds like maybe valve noise or maybe timing chain slap? Not sure if the FS DE has those issues. Will attach photo of tubing once home from work, need to change form PNG to JPEG. Any ideas?
Thanks
Daniel
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