Found in Series 60 oil pan

[RichardEntrekin]

Have any of you ever seen anything like this? This was found in the oil pan of a Series 60 engine powering a Newell.

[RichardEntrekin]

The pic is not helpful. I will get a better pic from the owner and repost.

[RichardEntrekin]

Trying again with image.

[dtcerrato]

My take at what I'm seeing:
It appears in color to have copper or brass in it.
From the looks it appears to have melted to liquid and reharden when cooled.
Where did it come from?
Somewhere in the engine with a composition alloy containing copper &/or brass that got hot enough to molten then cool to form smooth droplets?
Strange.
I have shared this on the BGM forum to get feedback.

[luvrbus]

Looks like a a ceramic cam roller starting to flake off

[RichardEntrekin]

Thank you both.

Head is coming off to check the top end.

[luvrbus]

Richard,that could be some type mellitic stop leak that found it's way into the oil. ? is that a EGR series 60

[Van]

What was the reason for removing the pan?

[RichardEntrekin]

One of those metallic looking pieces was found in the oil catch pan when changing the oil. The owner felt like it needed further investigation. No known engine issues at this point.

It was an abundance of caution approach.

[RichardEntrekin]

Cliff,

Anything is possible. The owner didn't put anything like that in the engine, but he is not the first owner.

I am a Chemical Engineer, and that was my first guess too. It looks like something has precipitated out of solution to form those nodules.

[RichardEntrekin]

https://newellgurus.com/showthread.php?tid=7663

Here is a link to the thread on the Newell guru site.

[dtcerrato]

Here's a post copied from the BGM site of maybe something to ponder:

"Does it have a Delco 50DN hanging anywhere with a #16 oil return directly to the pan ? The amount of copper , lead , bearings , and most anything else can directly make it to the oil pan .don't be so fast to yank the head off a perfect running 60 series."

@Richard Your mention of something precipitating out of solution to form those nodules caught my attention but is above my carpentry skills.

[luvrbus]

Here's a post copied from the BGM site of maybe something to ponder:

"Does it have a Delco 50DN hanging anywhere with a #16 oil return directly to the pan ? The amount of copper , lead , bearings , and most anything else can directly make it to the oil pan .don't be so fast to yank the head off a perfect running 60 series."

@Richard Your mention of something precipitating out of solution to form those nodules caught my attention but is above my carpentry skills.

Most Newells with the series 60 have a 12v air cooled Leece-Neville alternator

[Jim Blackwood]

It does look a little like you would expect from melted windings dropped in oil...

[luvrbus]

Even if he had a 50 D the way they are made in 3 sections winding would all be impossible to enter the oil system without a complete destruction of the 50D and the belt would have melted before that happen