Oil Pump Debris - Failed Lifter!

[Keith Browning]

2003 Excursion with no base engine oil pressure due to debris in the relief valve in the oil pump. The debris looks like a small needle bearing about 1-mm thick. Hotline engineer thinks it may be a valve tappet coming apart. I also found a considerable amount of metal particles in the oil filter housing. I was advised to remove and inspect the oil pump and drain the oil and check for additional debris. I'll keep you posted on this one which may be a while, I still have six more trannies and a blown 6.0L in a van to do. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/puke.gif

 

 

Anybody see something similar to this?

[Keith Browning]

Well, it turns out that the only thing that this debris could be from is in fact, a valve tappet. Marty from the the Hot Line called back to follow up a couple of days later - they don't even want to send an inspector out. Instead they are sending an engine. My guess is Ford wants to turn these types of jobs around quickly to avoid some of these buy backs and sticky customer relations situations.

 

By the way, the oil filter looked like it was covered in silver glitter. This engine had to have been running funny but the owner said nothing.

[Dale Lakin]

This engine had to have been running funny but the owner said nothing.

LOL

Gotta love it when I customer shows up with a hole in the block the size of a coffe can and they tell you "I didn't hear anything just going down the road and the engine died"

[Keith Browning]

UPDATE!

 

Failed lifter confirmed with engine removal and partial tear down complete. Took out the cam, the guide which was bolted down but cracked in half, oil pump and front cover. The oil pump gears have deep impressions of the needle bearings that came out of this lifter. I took a whole series of photographs. Look for yourself!

 

 

I'll post the series of pics when I get a chance to edit and upload them.

 

On edit: Photos posted, page 5 in the Photographs section.