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Well I think we can confirm that they do get "chopped off". Thanks so much for the information, glad to hear I do not have to fear imminent explosion.

Checked under valve cover and doesn't look like anything from under there. Attached is the jpeg of what I'm looking at. Hoping to find someone who has done a bottom end rebuild as mine were performed while the car was not in my possession.

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...