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Originally Posted by m5james
Congrats on the high mileage and catching it before it got worse!
Thankfully the parts floating around your engine are plastic, so I'd consider dropping the oil pan as well and taking any remaining chunks out of there...hopefully they've just settled there and aren't interfering w/ the oil pickup.
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Thank you for the advice. I will drop the oil pan and fish out all the bits and pieces before firing her up next time after the repair.
This weekend is going to be a busy one. The timing adjustment tool arrived yesterday and the new chain guide is on its way. I will keep the repair simple and dirty cheap at this point just to make sure that the engine is alive and repairable.
The vehicle turned to be a project car after 200k - transmission @210K (slip in reverse), the radiator @260k (your posts motivated me to replace all the coolant loop components at that time), front drive shaft @268k (purchased and installed a longer shaft from Cobra transmission - works great!) and a bunch of minor repairs in-between (door locks, window actuators, trunk lid lock, control arms, hood lock, cam sensors, CO2 sensors). With every repair she is getting newer and newer. Do not want to get rid of her yet and hope I will be able to pull it out this time with the help and advices of the Forum.
X5 is so fun to drive!...when it is not broken down.