What does this look like to you guys - found on the magnet on my oil drain plug

[Busted07]

Oil pan or valve cover gasket with the metal reinforcement inside?

 

[Foxfan88]

wouldnt worry about it too much if the car runs fine. has there been any recent changes in the cars performance? burning oil? power loss?

if no changed drive it like you always have. and if something happens then so be it, it happens then you can tear it down. i wouldnt tear it down just yet, you could tear it down and have it be nothing at all. then you will be like ****

could be gasket

 

[pistonhead351]

it could be a shaving off one off the bearings, they are made up of very soft metals.

 

[Mr. Rustypwnz]

not thinkin bearings, I think its a piece of gasket, if it was part or a ring or something there would be more of those pieces, try to put some oil in there, a couple quarts worth and kind of clean it out, then go through the oil with a magnet, and see what all you find.

 

[MikeC]

Did it stick to your magnetic drain plug because its magnetic or because the oil made it stick to it? There are no ferrous metals that are flexible. Try sticking it to a magnet now that its clean.

 

[Aliate X]

looks like a piston to me, or a a rod. You have 7 others though no big deal.

 

[caseywan]

Thanks for all the input guys, I think I'll go through the rest of the oil with a magnet and put a couple more courts through the motor.

Did it stick to your magnetic drain plug because its magnetic or because the oil made it stick to it? There are no ferrous metals that are flexible. Try sticking it to a magnet now that its clean.

Yeah, I put a magnet on it after it was clean and it still stuck to it.

 

[blackened88lx]

If it still runs good, and continues to run good, it's probably no big deal. If the motor grenades anytime soon, it might be something bad. Hope that helps.

 

[caseywan]

If it still runs good, and continues to run good, it's probably no big deal. If the motor grenades anytime soon, it might be something bad. Hope that helps.

lol, ya think?

 

[blackened88lx]

I'm good, I know.

 

[Rick 91GT]

I just can't think of anything that would be flexible but magnetic at the same time that you'd find in an engine.

Man I am right there with you, nothing comes to mind that is Flexible but magnetic inside an engine. It's definitly not a piece of a bearing, the coatings are soft but the backing are stiff and rigid.