sorry for starting a new thread here but i am besides myself. i dropped the oil pan after work today, there was a small amount of oil left inside. so i took in the house to empty and scrub clean upon emptying i found a NUT in the bottom of the oil pan!!! i was worried about finding metal shavings, there were none. NOT unless the remanifested themselfs into a nut. crap what do you guys think i should do??? im going to look for my flashlight and look around and see if i can see something missing a nut...

P.s hey sk187 i found the nut you dropped when doing your plenum lol
seriously though need some pointers.

 

 

My assumtion. Try renaming your picture. Auto censorship. Not getting complete link.

 

 

it was an auto censorship. now where did this crap come from?

 

I haven't been into the bottom end of these motors, but definately look long and hard for a missing nut.

 

Ive got no idea.. Maybe someone previously dropped the pan and thought " awww hell lets throw a nut in here so the next person goes crazy thinking its something it really isnt." Thats my thought.. sorry i couldnt be much help.. A good laugh always makes things better though.

 

lol it did make me laugh

 

that may not be a good thing. that nut could be from a connecting rod

 

Are all the nuts on the rod caps?