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I woke up today excited about the fact that our coach would finally be done with all the little fixes it was going through and heading to the paint shop for a beatiful new paint job. Well that came to a screaching halt with a call from the mechanics saying that after they dropped the oil pan to change it they found these brass shards in the pan (see the pic).

They are going to let everything drain out and tomorrow reach in and see if anything is loose or where this could come from. They fear it is a Wrist Pin Bushing. If so they are hoping they can isolate the damage to one cylindar on one side. worst case I am looking at a complete rebuild. They said that could be upwards of $25k. Tom was kind enough to connect me with his mechanic who agreed with their immediate plans.. However, he said he wants me to call back with their findings to comment more. he did say he can get rebuilt engines from a place in Missouri that he has had very good luck with for aboutn $18k. Unbeleiveable!! The mechanics asked if there was 40wt oil in the engine to which I replied no I dont think so because others told me not to use that and the guys in Texas seemed well versed in things.

Well I sent the head dude a text and he tells me they did in fact use 40wt. Now shame on me for not watching my own back, but given the fact they do this for a living shouldn't they have known this??