We finally got the Miata running last weekend! After only two minutes on the road it started making a tapping sound so we immediately came back to the shop to diagnose.
At first we suspected the need to just add or replace some shims in the valve lifters, a simple fix. After further investigation, we suspected worse and cut open the oil filter to check the oil. There was a significant amount of aluminum (non-metallic) shavings stuck to the paper in the filter. Bad bad bad.
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| Inspecting the paper filter inside the oil filter. Bottom left of the photo you can just see the inside of the metal canister it came from. |
Luckily Kyle and Jason have been there to help over the last few days to help talk me down or I would have probably thrown in the towel on the car at this point. We've made a plan to replace the crankshaft and connecting rods along with some new bearings this coming weekend and hopefully have a running car by next week.
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