I was changing the oil in my truck yesterday and noticed something inside the oil pan that I could see through where the drain plug goes. I got a tool to poke around in there and I think I knocked it out of the way. I tried to shine a light in there and I couldn't see it anymore. The only thing I could think of was that once upon a time it had one of those unorthodox universal drain plugs that you loosen by hand (before I owned it... it was eventually rethreaded and a drain plug was once again used some time before it was sold to me). I talked to the previous owner and he seemed to agree that it could have been a piece from that universal drain plug. With that said... I assume it's been in there for tens of thousands of miles at this point.
I guess my question is... is there any way that a small piece like that could find its way to getting where it shouldn't be? I want to pull the pan and check things out, but I that would be pretty time-consuming. I want to say the oil pickup tube is on the other side and it might not interfere with that. And it shouldn't be able to float so it shouldn't get in a critical area and cause damage. Thanks for your time!
I guess my question is... is there any way that a small piece like that could find its way to getting where it shouldn't be? I want to pull the pan and check things out, but I that would be pretty time-consuming. I want to say the oil pickup tube is on the other side and it might not interfere with that. And it shouldn't be able to float so it shouldn't get in a critical area and cause damage. Thanks for your time!