What Is This Stuff???

[Cam57]

We are disassembling the engine and when we pulled the oil pan off, we found a bunch of small pieces of white plastic in the pan. There was a bunch of these pieces sucked up into the oil pick-up screen. Has anyone seen this kind of thing before and know what these pieces of plastic are from?

Thanks, Craig

[Leghome]

Kind of looks like part of a timing gear to me. I have never pulled an oil pan from a car that had the timing gear go but that sure looks likes pcs. of one

[Mike 57]

I agree, timing gear.

[Cam57]

That makes sense. It must have had a nylon faced timing gear. The one that was on it now is steel, so it must have been replaced at some point.

[D0ublezer0x]

Kind of looks like part of a timing gear to me. I have never pulled an oil pan from a car that had the timing gear go but that sure looks likes pcs. of one

 

This or could also be the distributor gear.

[Sam (Bones)]

upper timing gear, stock ones are nylon covered

 

distributor gears are steel

[footballubet]

I used to see a bunch of those top timing gears stripped like that years ago. Very few mechanics tore the oil pan off to clean that out...me included.