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Old 05-30-2017, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by blykins View Post
I don't see how a valve guide would end up in the oil pan. It's only got two ways of coming out....down into a cylinder.....or up through the top, which would require threading itself between the coils of a valve spring while it's running....

Open the filter, see what you have going on in there first. It takes 5 minutes.
There was a fair amount of grit on the side of the filter housing and some on the bottom. The paper element had a bit too, but not as much.



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