the mazda guys prob put the dime in there too.











ok ok just kidding

Yup, its screened over.

There could still be little shavings and crumbs and stuff.

There were shavings stuck to the screen. I guess some of the smaller pieces could have gotten through. Since it was small shavings that possibly made it through, should I replace the pump?

The mazda dealership huh?...lol...there's your problem.



I can guarantee you that you have bad bearings and possibly a bad e-shaft now, especially if you've found metal shavings in the pickup.

I know, I know. I learned my lesson. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png I've decided that either I'm going to get it running again or it will be furniture in my garage.

Completely and totally the mazda dealerships fault. I'm with Robbomaz on this, seen it more than once.

There should be a warning sticker at all mazda dealerships saying. We dont know **** about these engines if we work on them it's at your own risk!

Aint that the truth! Left to the specialists here in Oz too

Disassemble the pump and look for gouges, cracking, etc. A little

scuffing is tolerable.

Any crud that went through the pump (thus making more shavings in the

process) will also go through the oil cooler(s) before getting to the

filter. The metering pump is fed unfiltered oil straight from the

main oil pump, so some cleaning is probably in order.

You will of course need new thrust bearings, thrust plate, and thrust

washer.



Completely true what they're saying about dealaerships. The local one

here actually had a guy who knew what he was doing but he left to work

elsewhere.