I was topping off the oil level in my rx8 and a small peice of aluminum fiol from the oil jug fell in, will it hurt anything? about the size of your thumb nail
It sure can.It is easily big enough and light enough to block oil pasages and starve parts of your engine for oil. It needs to come out. The chances are pretty good that it didn't fall too far in so start taking things apart where you added the oil but keep going until you find it. It might seem like a pain in the --- but so will a seized motor. Hope this helps.
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It sure can.It is easily big enough and light enough to block oil pasages and starve parts of your engine for oil. It needs to come out. The chances are pretty good that it didn't fall too far in so start taking things apart where you added the oil but keep going until you find it. It might seem like a pain in the --- but so will a seized motor. Hope this helps.