Quick help please, bits in my sump

[chris H]

Hi peeps,

As some of my know i've been having a bit of trouble with the car so thought i'd pull the engine apart today.

What was happening was when i drove at say 70mph, i backed off the gas for a few seconds and as soon as i touched the accelerator pedal the was a BIG puff of bluey/gray smoke from the exhaust.

Now i removed the cylinder head and notices that the piston top on cylinder 3 seemed a little greasey so i took the sump off and took the pistons out.

The ring gaps on piston 3 were quite close together (see pic)

The ring gaps were at about 35 degrees to eachother... could this be the reason of the smoking??

I've put the pistons back in wuth the ring gaps 180 degrees apart, does this sound right??

I also noticed some bits in the sump, they're made of plastic or rubber and i don't know where they've come from. have a look at the pic below and see if you can suggest anything

Any ideas??

[chris H]

Anyone??

There seems to be some copper filings in the sump too. i've checked all the pistons, big end shells and all are fine.

Any suggesgions??

TIA,

Chris.

[chris H]

Seems more like plastic to me mate, taking the head up to the engineers tomorrow to get it checked over.

I used blue hylomar on the sump so it's not that.

[chris H]

Any suggestions peeps??