Oldskool 6,658 #1951 Posted January 13 If there isn't any oil in it then maybe try blowing air back up thru it. If nothing comes out then I would think you are good to seel it up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 69,275 #1952 Posted January 13 20 minutes ago, Oldskool said: If there isn't any oil in it then maybe try blowing air back up thru it. If nothing comes out then I would think you are good to seel it up. I can see the logic there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,871 #1953 Posted January 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Would it be worth buying a cheap "camera on a stick" type scope to peer down in there? Or should I just split the engine anyway? Too bad that’s such a biggie. A Christmas present was a commercial endoscope--I could bring it to our meetup. First practical use was to check inside a rescued Suburban transaxle via the oil fill hole (I dipped it with a dowel first to be sure there was no oil in there 😄). Kinda crowded in there and I’m new with the gadget so I didn’t probe too deep but this is the final drive on the brake shaft and the bull gear on the differential. So pretty rusty, but not irretrievably bad! Edited January 13 by Handy Don 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thor27 815 #1954 Posted January 14 Is that the fuel pump hole? The cool part of it being a 582 is that you can remove the pan and have a good look inside, unless you want to use this as a good excuse to buy a borescope... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 69,275 #1955 Posted January 14 1 minute ago, Thor27 said: Is that the fuel pump hole? The cool part of it being a 582 is that you can remove the pan and have a good look inside, unless you want to use this as a good excuse to buy a borescope... Could be fuel pump. It's possible it's been a few years since I took this apart. We had it apart to clean it out so I'd rather not do it twice but, I also don't want to have a mouse nest in my engine. Can't imagine that would be copacetic with bearings. If I have to buy another tool? Oh no. Not that. Gosh golly gee. What a rough day. 😂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jebbear 386 #1956 Posted January 14 23 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Would it be worth buying a cheap "camera on a stick" type scope to peer down in there I actually bought one of these cheapos on Amazon, I think around $90 total - Depstech brand (China), for an unrelated (sewer line) project. Works pretty well with limitations. I even found myself using it since then for other stupid stuff, so it might be worth a shot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
