Kieronpollock
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A bit of paint on there won't hurt.
As someone who hasn't done this, how easy would you say it was? It sounds like you weren't confident you were going to get it off without breaking it?Got it off.
Managed to get the inside nice and clean with brake cleaner.
But it has rusted around the mating surface of the lip so I kind of want to get it blasted. But then there's the issue of getting media stuck in the bits around the welded in plate/baffle/whatever it's called.
I could sand that area back myself, but then I'd need to paint the mating surface to stop it rusting again. Is that a bad idea, to have a painted mating surface?
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Normally brittle plasticky bits in the sump are sealant from the cam cover baffle. But that does look like something else. Perhaps a bit of chain guide? Thats the only plastic I can think of in the engine.Btw I didn't find any metal in there, but did find these 3 bits of very brittle plastic. 2 of which looks like they were once a washer. It's black and a very neat, sharp edged circle.
Anyone know what it could be from?
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As someone who hasn't done this, how easy would you say it was? It sounds like you weren't confident you were going to get it off without breaking it?
Huzzah all the same bud
Normally brittle plasticky bits in the sump are sealant from the cam cover baffle. But that does look like something else. Perhaps a bit of chain guide? Thats the only plastic I can think of in the engine.
The chain guides are steel and plastic. The cam cover baffle is steel, but its sealed into the cam cover with some goop that is brittle and plasticky after 50 years.Oh, the cam cover baffle is plastic? Is it black plastic? What about the chain guide?
This is almost 100% part of a washer I would say. So there's a bit missing.. which I either scooped out without noticing, or is still up there somewhere