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On 11 Nov 2003 at 12:48, hisham bakr wrote: > Greetings & salutations, I was cleaning my oil strainer yesterday and out > comes a bunch of metal shavings/chips, about 4 of varying sizes the biggest > was about 1/4" across and maybe 1/64 in thickness, almost like pices of > sheet metal, and greyish in color. Whats the read on the such a symptom? Is > a valve seat disintegrating on me here? It wouldn't be a valve seat, they're too hard. A rod bearing is more likely. Are you hearing a rattling sound recently? I'm afraid this doesn't sound good. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org