[Roadsters] main bearing bolt holes

[Tim]

The underside of the engine was actually not too bad; no debris in the 
oil pan and no sludge. I am a little concerned about the discolouration 
of the moving parts but this will all be checked out by someone who 
knows what they are looking at.

Thanks


On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:24 PM, cour.jpeg at gmail.com wrote:

> Could have been stored on its side. The dirt is more worrisome than 
> where the oil had accumulated.
>
> How nasty did the underside look when you dropped the oil pan?
>
> Another ~ZoltVolt~ wireless picture msg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim <tputland at charter.net>
> Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 
> 18:41:30 To: datsun-roadsters: 
> autox.team.net<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Roadsters] main bearing bolt holes
>
> While finishing stripping an R16 block, I have found oil (very dirty 
> gritty oil) in all five of the bolt holes on the fuel pump side of the 
> block main bearings. The five on the other side were all dry.
>
> Does this raise any red flags as to the general health of this block? 
> I do not know the history of it at all.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
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