1978 Firebird Espirit 350 Chevy (L code) /TH350. I removed the oil pan while troubleshooting a problem that turned out to be loose torque converter bolts - one had come all the way out and was bouncing off the flex plate inside the bottom plastic inspection cover. When I removed the oil pan, I found this long, slender spring in the bottom that had clearly been chewed up by some rotating part of the engine sometime.
What the heck is this long, skinny spring from? I tried to take pics but had trouble with the focus not zooming. That is a dime in the picture for size reference. I would guess the spring was about 3 inches long before it was damaged and chewed into these 3 pieces (plus some small fragment pieces - ugh). It is about 1/8 inch in diameter. It is a pretty stiff wire spring material, wound very tightly.
Might it have come from the outside of an old style ring compressor? Any possibility it is a retainer spring of some kind from inside an oil filter (Jiffy Lube filter). Or?
The engine was rebuilt by the PO about 3,800 miles ago.
What the heck is this long, skinny spring from? I tried to take pics but had trouble with the focus not zooming. That is a dime in the picture for size reference. I would guess the spring was about 3 inches long before it was damaged and chewed into these 3 pieces (plus some small fragment pieces - ugh). It is about 1/8 inch in diameter. It is a pretty stiff wire spring material, wound very tightly.
Might it have come from the outside of an old style ring compressor? Any possibility it is a retainer spring of some kind from inside an oil filter (Jiffy Lube filter). Or?
The engine was rebuilt by the PO about 3,800 miles ago.
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