Oil pan debris

[386lover]

(04-14-2017 )Hammerhead Wrote:  

(04-14-2017 )Mr Hagg Wrote:  If that is a 2250 or 2350 might be plastic from the injector harness. They are bad about braking..As far as the metal not sure looks like bearing from camshaft if it spun one......

(04-14-2017 )386lover Wrote:  It's a 871. I did replace one of the cans because the lobes on it were literally flaking off

Mr Hagg, if you replaced a component, i.e. a broken cam gear, would it not be as part of the repair procedure to remove the oil pan to retrieve the broken piece? As this situation shows, it would remove the mystery of future repairs now possibly chasing "ghosts".
I realize there is more than just the metal pieces, it is more of a generalization.

It was a shop that replaced the cam last year, I have since then become more confident in doing my own repairs as well as obtaining access to shop that I can use any time. Had it been me doing the repair I would have pulled the pan then, but I (wrongly) assumed that they would use as much care as I do.