An oil pan mystery rattle, possibly very bad news

[CanuckHoss]

How about placing a strong magnet on the bottom of the pan in the area where you feel the 'clunk' and then tapping again? If after doing so there is no more noise or feel of the mystery element contacting the pan, it might also be further evidence that something is indeed laying in the pan. Just another thought............still not the answer but perhaps something easy to do that at the very least would add to the story.

What if that strong magnet sucks more loose pieces off the motor into the pan?? Just wondering out loud...

or...could it just be an echo he is hearing???

[SQ4MN]

I love this thread, Gordon you have a great sense of humor, the old mechanic that told you to tap stuff to see if anything is loose will never know what he started. Barry the picture of you and your wife is fantastic.

[mdwdvm]

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What if that strong magnet sucks more loose pieces off the motor into the pan?? Just wondering out loud... [/quote]


Duh.

You simply place an even bigger magnet on top of the motor to pull them back up into place. In fact, one could use an electromagnet wired to come on when you turn the key with a rheostat to adjust the strength of pull, allowing you to adjust the size of motor pieces you wanted to pull back up into place.

You're making this waaaay too complicated.
Silly Canadian.

[GordonBH]

You guys are right , I've got an earth magnet that even at 2" x 3/4" x 1/4" is so strong that I can't pull it off the side of the refridgerator without hitting it to the edge and knocking it off with the rubber mallet.

I'm worried tho' that I'd never get it off the pan but hang on! if it turns out to be the pick-up tube I could just slap that ole magnet on and keep it there - any other pieces would just gang up too! The oil filter will take care of things that get past - won't it?

Someone's a genius around here and I'm not putting myself up for nomination!

I really am looking forward to getting that borescope

[GordonBH]

Now I think about it, that mechanic always had me cleaning car engines with gasoline before he pulled them apart - until one day when I was cleaning and he was oxy-acetylene welding about 20 feet way!

We emptied a load of extinguishers that day!

[Iron Maiden]

I shouldn't be laughing but the visual I have of the two of you emptying fire extinguishers is just priceless! Keep us posted-BTW the curiosity got the best of us-we tapped on Bills oil pan and we don't hear or feel anything!!

[hogv8]

I use one of those earth magnets on the bottom of my oil filter .

[CanuckHoss]

I shouldn't be laughing but the visual I have of the two of you emptying fire extinguishers is just priceless! Keep us posted-BTW the curiosity got the best of us-we tapped on Bills oil pan and we don't hear or feel anything!!

Me too...tapped Saturday on my BB bike pan and the guys at the shop thought I was cookoo...I stated that it was NOT my idea!!

thanks for the pic comment Dave...I went and picked up a disc yesterday from the photographer with all the pictures and Gwen and I are super impressed...

[SQ4MN]

Barry, you are a lucky guy. I'm gonna to ask my girlfriend if she'd mind shaving her mustache and getting rid of the corrective stockings cause we're gonna take some pictures!

[Iron Maiden]

[GordonBH]

Yeh Sue,

At the time we were not laughing as there was a line of flame running from under one customer's car to under another!

Fortunately no bodywork issues - tough paint and very little plastic exposed in the early Seventies - each customer got a free valet that long day.

[GordonBH]

Well, it's getting official now, the IPTC - The International Pan Tapping Club has just evolved.

Membership is free but limited to V8bikers/trikers and initiation just requires you conduct a secretive pan tap or 2. Preferably when no-one's looking.

[Iron Maiden]

Looks like Bill and I are official members

[GordonBH]

Sure are, you've joined the party

[CanuckHoss]

Barry, you are a lucky guy. I'm gonna to ask my girlfriend if she'd mind shaving her mustache and getting rid of the corrective stockings cause we're gonna take some pictures!

[CanuckHoss]

Sure are, you've joined the party

So in the Party ranks are Bill, Susan, Barry, Gordon and possibly Sonny unless he decided not to try oilpan-banging??...actually sounds perverted a bit...

[SQ4MN]

I think we should have decals made with the INTERNATIONAL PAN TAPPERS ASSOCIATION logo on them. They could be applied to the pan itself. Maybe under the main logo in small print it could say "a higher standard of maintenance" or something like that. I bet LaFong could help with this.

[Carl La Fong]

I am already under a great deal of scrutiny from the FBI, CIA and Interpol because of my, alleged, ties to the Republican party, the 4H, the KKK, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Hamas, the Teamsters and the Pud Pullers M/C. Allying myself with another subversive organization is likely to upset a delicate balance of power that could result in disastrous consequences, both local and global
Oh, hell, count me in. Do I have to hang around, then prospect before I can tap? I don't want to buck protocol.

[SQ4MN]

Just tap, it will give you a feel for the subject.

[mdwdvm]

Sounds like there will soon be a need for yet another organization - PPA - Pan Pounders Anonymous. Note this derivation from 'tapping' to 'pounding' is necessary for two reasons. 1) full blown addiction will likely lead to more severe efforts to attain fulfillment and thus tapping will no longer scratch the itch and 2) PTA is already taken and I don't think it wise to confuse the education supporters with an unruly bunch of pan pounders.

[GordonBH]

Yeh, you're so right, I'm already moving from a tap habit to the heavy stuff, with the full fist palm up and in my best work shirt, man, I need help!

I'm also narked that IPTA is already used - for loads of things - even for International Pediatric Transplanters!

Wow, now I know I'm in too deep.... one day maybe I'll graduate to tapping for the International Parcel Tankers Association. Now that's tapping!!!

I've been working on clients' business forecasting all morning so I'm gettin' the shakes...I've got to go down to my garage now for a fix!

[tjy]

Where do I send to get my Membership card and decal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CanuckHoss]

Where do I send to get my Membership card and decal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you truly and honestly pounded your pan?

[petitemoose]

Where do I send to get my Membership card and decal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you truly and honestly pounded your pan?

Yet ANOTHER phrase i never thought I would hear ...

[hogv8]

It may sound silly but I am constantly wiggling , shaking and yes even tapping on my bikes components each time I am wiping down or washing my bike and I have discovered a few potential problems before they happen and correct the potential problem . I've learned over the years you can't just ride the shit out of your bike not expect a problem now and then unless you stay on top things .