That’s where it sticks and collects.   The sump plate and in the passages.

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> On Feb 8, 2019, at 21:08, Kirin Jacobsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Case thus far has been reasonably clean. There was a bunch of material on the 
> sump plate.
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 3:47 PM Mike Bucchino Sr <[email protected] wrote:
>> If you find lots of metal inside your case, you’ll need to remove the oil 
>> galley plugs to get a proper thorough cleaning.  There are some dead ends 
>> that can collect metal particles that could later loosen under heat and 
>> pressure and go directly into the bearings.   BTDT.  Not worth having  to do 
>> the job all over again.
>> 
>> Mike B
>> 
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>>> On Feb 8, 2019, at 17:14, Kirin Jacobsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> Finally I'm digging into fixing my "New" but wounded 1914. It's mostly torn 
>>> apart but its time to start cleaning it. Its been full flowed, was a new 
>>> case with new everything with under 1000 miles on it when it had foreign 
>>> object damage and bashed up cylinder 3 and its cylinder head.
>>> 
>>> Thus far from what I can see the bearings look good. The oil that came out 
>>> of it after the damage looked terrible. All the pistons and cylinders still 
>>> had their cross hatching on it. Cylinder 3 has some where at the top of it 
>>> but all the ring lands are intact but they piston top is obviously bashed 
>>> up. Right now my plan of attack is clean the snot out of the block. Most 
>>> likely I think I should replace my oil cooler. Will flush out all the oil 
>>> passage ways. I'm thinking its wise to check for clearances on the bearings 
>>> even though they look good. I'm debating picking up a new set of lifters 
>>> since there is some pitting.
>>> 
>>> Probably time for a big photo dump so you can see the damage....
>>> 
>>> Happy Friday and I'm sure there will be more questions coming form me in 
>>> the near future. 
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