A buddy of mine runs a repair shop in town. They just got in a Vortec V6 Blazer that had no oil pressure. Apparently the owner had just gotten done doing valve cover and intake gaskets himself, and then lost oil pressure, so he brought it to my buddy's shop to figure out what was going on. uzzled: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ou: ou: ou: Looks like the guy left one of those red shop rags in the valley of the motor, installed the intake, and the distributor shaft corkscrewed it down to the oil pump. :spank: Oooooops.
So how do you get all that out? I would think there will be red fibers in the oil for a few oil changes in the future.
This must have been one of those guys that didn't want to spend the bucks to have a shop that knew what they were doing do the job in the first place. Look how much money he saved!! At least he can say he did it his self.
One of those got dropped into a wood chipper that we borrowed from Dave Dudek Sr's. brother (Uncle Jerry)...I come home and my wife tells me that the thing won't start because she can't pull the starter rope. I pulled it and it was really tight. One more pull and it got easier. 1/2 a dozen pulls that got gradually easier and it started and blew red fluff all over my yard. It was down inside the thing deep enough that you couldn't see it...probably didn't help that the tines were red.
A friend of mine was doing a little clean-up work in his intake plenum and missed one of the shop rags he had stuffed down the runners. When he fired the engine, it ingested the rag and promptly spit it (shredded) out one header. The amazing part is this is a 15:1 engine, and there was no damage. You wouldn't think cotton could compress so small. o No:
One of the mechanics I used to work with did that. I remember the incident clearly. It was an 80 Caddy with a 368 engine. The rags were green though.:laugh: Came in for a leaky intake manifold. The tech I worked with did the job. The car got picked up at the end of the day and left. Came back the next morning on a hook. All the lifters were collapsed. The thging sounded horrendous. We took the intake and oil pan back off. What a mess. The oil filter was plugged up solid. Fabric fibers everywhere. It was wrapped around the cam. They sprayed the inside of the engine with a case of brake cleaner. Blew the engine out with compressed air and put it all back together. Ran like top and was quiet. They dumped the oil once more after that. Couldnt believe my eyes (and ears). The customer picked it up and never had a problem with it ever again.
Thats what would of happened to my Z if I had started it!! Mouse nest from HELL -acorns and baby milk shake! ewwwwwwo No:
The final scene from "Fargo" comes to mind. I laughed my ass off the first time I saw that. Just hit me funny. Kinda like Ron White's routine on the documentary he saw on the guy that went to live with grizzly bears ....and the bear ate him. :laugh: :laugh:
