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<DIV>I've got an early BN1 and from everything I know, the oil pan has never
been off the car. I find that hard to believe, but I have no record of it ever
happening and I have receipts going back to it's first oil change. Anyway,
I just took the pan off and found something very interesting, in the bottom of
the pan and it was in pieces. I took it out, cleaned it off and took some photos
of it to see if anyone knows what this is. Neither my mechanic or I could find
anywhere it was "supposed" to go. I do know I've run more than tens years with
it sitting in the bottom of the pan and never a problem.</DIV>
<DIV> It's about 5" in diameter and in-between 1/8" and
1/4"in thickness. (Piston is from a BN1) So what's the wisdom of the
court? What the hell is this? Oh and it's made out of either a very hard plastic
or a bakelight like material. Anybody have a guess? I'd love to hear.
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<DIV> I'm putting everything back together and going to
drive the car, don't see any reason not to, but wanted to let you take a look
and give me some thoughts. Thanks in advance.</DIV>
<DIV>Steven Kingsbury</DIV>
<DIV>BN1 #598</DIV>
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<DIV id=role_caption style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Upper left, chewed up
edge, got caught in something. Maybe that's what broke it. The
remainder of it was chewed up bits in the bottom of the
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<DIV id=role_caption style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Pretty thick and very
hard. Gear teeth marks, from?
Stumper.</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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