This thing:


What is it?
91 Integra if it makes a difference.
Car was running fine before I took off the oil pan.

4/24/2006 10:58:07 AM

it's a rocker arm

4/24/2006 11:02:32 AM

[noob] Is that the rocker arm that moves the values open and close?[/noob]

4/24/2006 11:08:51 AM

Yes

4/24/2006 11:10:59 AM

4/24/2006 11:13:15 AM

UH OH

4/24/2006 11:17:22 AM

Quote :

"[noob] Is that the rocker arm that moves the values open and close?[/noob]"

well, it was

4/24/2006 11:20:23 AM

thats nuts

4/24/2006 11:41:10 AM

that's awesome, your oil journals must be big fat sloots

rocker arms are for wimps. now you teh ultimate variable valve timing!!11

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 11:49 AM. Reason : .]

4/24/2006 11:47:37 AM

did you have the oil pan off for any specific reason?

have you taken your valve cover off to see if you are missing any rockers?

4/24/2006 11:51:51 AM

I was taking off the oil pan because the gasket was leaking. I just did the timing belt and a valve adjustment. Didn't really inspect the rockers, but wouldn't the car be running poorly/not at all if the rocker is missing?

4/24/2006 11:54:04 AM

hahahaha wtf

4/24/2006 12:01:47 PM

hahahaha wtf

4/24/2006 12:07:21 PM

its a spare, kind of like extra buttons sewn into pants and shirts

4/24/2006 12:35:50 PM

bahah wtf. it cant be one of the ones on the motor.. must be an.. extra?

wtf? wtf? wtf?

4/24/2006 12:40:41 PM

valvetrains bury their dead

4/24/2006 12:46:12 PM

I was going to say maybe some dumb ass left it in from a previous repair.

4/24/2006 12:55:00 PM

yeh thats what im saying. theres no way it could have gotten into the oil pan.

its probably jiffy lubes fault

4/24/2006 1:10:06 PM

possible someone screwed up the "sugar in the gas tank" prank

4/24/2006 1:23:25 PM

Curious...how long is that piece? It ain't no fucking rocker arm; I've NEVER seen a Honda rocker arm that looked even remotely like that.

The only thing I can think of that it even remotely approaches is a toggle off of the back of one of those cheap shit nigger oil plugs they put in an oil pan when the original threads are so stripped that a threaded oil plug won't stay in place. Could be the shit-heads at the Jiffy Lube (or other shit-head quick lube place) didn't have the proper 14mm oversize thread-tapping oil plug in stock so they put that piece of shit in it. The next fucker that came along must have accidentally broken the toggle off the back. That's just what I'm thinking.

4/24/2006 6:35:52 PM

hahah hell yeah I took a glance at it and just said rocker arm

I was thinking "do hondas use rocker arms??"

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 6:40 PM. Reason : similar]

4/24/2006 6:39:36 PM

They do, but they are forged, and some have a roller follower (read: VTEC); others have a standard pad. The fulcrum point is at one end, the valve contact pad is at the other. The cam acts in the middle.

4/24/2006 6:45:14 PM

Quote :

"The only thing I can think of that it even remotely approaches is a toggle off of the back of one of those cheap shit nigger oil plugs they put in an oil pan when the original threads are so stripped that a threaded oil plug won't stay in place"

bingo

4/24/2006 6:51:35 PM

wait aint that a pushrod?

4/24/2006 6:52:40 PM

Oil plug thingy

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 7:10 PM. Reason : .....................................................................]

4/24/2006 7:05:16 PM

^^It's a piston

4/24/2006 7:32:05 PM

IT'S THE CAMSHAFT GODDAMMIT

4/24/2006 7:34:24 PM

ngr valve spring

4/24/2006 8:13:16 PM

zxappeal wins.
It's a little over 1.5 inches long.

it looks exactly like


I noticed that the oil plug was oversized also.

4/24/2006 8:34:42 PM

I once found an extra disc brake pad in the bottom of the dust sheld rattling between the shield and the rotor.

4/24/2006 10:09:20 PM