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GoldenEagle · #**121** 03-08-2017, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by funola

I am not 100% but 99.9% sure that the path of oil flow is: oil pickup screen > oil pump > oil filter > oil galleries. If that is true, the pieces of the rag that got past the screen would get chewed up more by the oil pump and end up mostly in the oil filter, not through the oil galleries. Some bits of the cotton rag could be lodged in the oil pump bearing. I don't know if the OP dissected the oil filter or not. If not and he still has it, it would be interesting to cut it open and have a look and post pics.

I didn't save it, but there were some scraps of the rag in the oil filter.

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Originally Posted by funola

You would be doing yourself a disservice if you let the mechanic diagnose it from scratch and not provide him with what you've found. You must at least show him pics of the rag in the VC, the clogged pickup screen and how long you ran the engine that way. If he is honest, he should tell you you need a new engine and he would not need to diagnosis it any further (unless you insist he diagnose it anyway).

Of course I will give him the full background.

barry12345 · #**122** 03-15-2017, 01:20 PM

If you post the general area of the country you are in. Some member may reside close enough and know where there might be a good cheap engine.

For example. I got a call some weeks back . The guy claimed he had a very good 1983 616 engine and automatic transmission. Plus an average pair out of a 1979. He claimed he would rather see me have them than just go to the scrap pile.

I talked to him a few minutes and realized he knew enough that his determination of their condition was probably good. Not needing one myself nor able to think of someone that did I have passed them by.

Plus both had been in his cars that had rusted out. If I was younger I would have picked them up. The best pair leave as is and to get some accessory parts from the weaker example.

The rust is so bad in my area lots of good engines go the scrap pile. Most in rusted cars having almost mint interiors and dash pads. Far less than several years ago now though.