WTF is this from?

[spink]

Just found this in the oil pick up pipe of an AAN.Its appears to be aluminium.Engine was running fine.

[Jamo]

thats a scary pic!

Has the owner got any ideas?

[spink]

The owner is me but i cant really think where it would come from

[4WheelDrifter]

I found something similar in a 1.8T oil pick up, although nothing that bad. I assumed it must've been some swarf from something when the the engine was original assembled, scary though. That's the sort of thing oil pumps don't like, being blocked from the intake side.

[audiman]

Its common to find that, maybe not as severe as that tho. The usual culprit is if a headgasket has been changed and the head was skimmed the excess swarf hasnt been blown out of the oil/water ways.

I use the airline and give all oil/water ways the best clean out that i can before refitting.

[Animal Mother]

Its common to find that, maybe not as severe as that tho. The usual culprit is if a headgasket has been changed and the head was skimmed the excess swarf hasnt been blown out of the oil/water ways.

I use the airline and give all oil/water ways the best clean out that i can before refitting.

Looks like lathe swarf to me.

[audiman]

Well, its machining left overs. Not sure from where. Suspect from when the head was produced looking harder at the pics. Where bolts holes or oil ways have been drilled.

[spink]

Its good to know you've seen it before on other engines.