I posted in here a while back, should be able to see the original thread on my profile, but to get to the point, I was curious if I could fix my issue by just swapping out the cylinders+head along with the piston rings. Quick flashback, the blade started making an odd noise and the oil light popped up. Oil went out somewhere it wasn’t supposed to be and it got pretty low oil-wise before I was able to do anything about it. I had a buddy of mine drain the oil recently since I had never gotten to it myself (whoever did the oil last before me overtightened it way too much). But this is what he found in the oil. The big chunk in the center is apparently plastic, everything else is metal shavings. I’d like to know what y’all think it could possibly be from and if the motor itself is salvageable without doing a full bottom end rebuild. I also reattached the vid including the knock/ticking noise it was making. Once again thanks for all the help in advance.

 

That's a lot of work. I remember when changing a water pump was just a matter of removing the drive belt and loosening the bolts holding it in, not all of this complicated stuff.



snaptube vidmate

 

It’s a reasonable amount of work, especially with the engine already being pulled. Any idea on what the shavings could be from?