Here's what I found in blown engine number 2...

[Byron in Atlanta]

metal shavings the size of a dime. Looks as though someone with a wood plane has been inside the engine?!? This was stuck to the handy magnetic drain plug that I got from LN. Any guesses as to the cause/source of the filings and shavings?

[logray]

Hard to tell from the first fuzzy pic, it almost looks like shavings from the plug itself.

And the second pic, perhaps spark tube shaving - looks plastic???

if you're seeing metal the size of a dime and you're tearing the engine down I'm pretty sure it will jump out at you once you've gotten in far enough.

Edited May 18, 2011 by logray