[s-cars] cleaning up after rod brng failure

[Djdawson2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/26/2005 11:35:48 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
giannandrea at mindspring.comt writes:

I am in  the process of rebuilding after throwing a rod bearing. I just got
into the  oil pan and discovered the bearing debris. 

The question concerns the  oil circuit. Can the pump pick up this stuff and
push it past the filter to  other places in the engine?

Do I need to replace/clean any of: oil  pump, oil cooler, oil lines, turbo
bearings, engine block  ?

Concerned.

David G.






And concerned you should be...  The answer is yes to all your  questions.  
The best place to look for evidence of how far debris has  traveled is in other 
bearing journals.  Remove all your rod and main  bearing caps... if debris has 
circulated, it will collect in the crank journals,  both at the rod and main 
bearings.
Good luck,
Dave