I know it is not from the old toasted cam seal, it was fried but the spring was still intact and covered by rubber. the only place it could have come from would have been the old TP oil pump, and it was left inside the motor.
Definitely a spring, soft / bendy and springs back. the TP oil pump had those tiny springs on check valves inside of it, and the lower port check valve apparently came apart while the mechanic was inspecting it. obviously he did not look to find the spring, let's hope the tiny ball bearing did not end up inside the motor either.
Yup I believe you nailed it! :2thumbs:
Sven- this spring was super tiny, it is not your normal spring like for the SS pumps (big springs for check valve and pressure regulator valve). Ya I agree the shop did me wrong. I just verified today that they used too large of a spacer on the cam, and it was set to... minus .001 of clearance!! less than zero end play... so that is why it fried. and they left a white pinion gear in there with the red gear cam, so the cam was way loose / getting pressed downward on the nose bushing.
:bang: :down:Without a coin next to it like one suggested... Are we back to square one? If we are talking about spring with cup and spring with ball, are they not about an inch or more long?
No this is some kind of proprietary spring found inside the TP oil pumps (and I guess the Revtech pumps) on the upper and lower oil output ports, inside the pump body. the spring is literally 3/16" wide by 1/4" long, if not slightly smaller. The SS pumps don't use that type of odd setup.
