re. Oil pan detrius

[Mike Del Tergo]

Thanks, best/most plausible explanation.
Mike

>Mike,
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>That is the plastic clip on baffle that attaches to the oil pump pickup. 
>Just get a new one and clean the broken pieces out of the oil sump screen. 
>They have been using those on VW's and Audis since the early 80's AFAIK.
>
>Ben
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>[Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:06:19 +0000
>From: "Mike Del Tergo" <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Oil pan detrius
>To: 200q20v at audifans.com
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>Found these when I did my oil pan gaskets, any insights?  175K subject.
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>http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/53330/oilpan.jpg
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>Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:27:08 -0700
>From: "Patrick Anderson" <patrick.anderson1 at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: Oil pan detrius
>To: "Mike Del Tergo" <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>, <200q20v at audifans.com>
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>Hard to tell how big those pieces are but maybe the plastic cam guard? I'd
>open the oil filler cap and see if you can see if you are missing any
>pieces. Or remove the valve cover to view the whole thing. They do get
>brittle with age.]
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